combining form from L. cumulātus CUMULATE, in sense ‘cumulately-,’ ‘cumulate and ——,’ e.g., cumulato-fasciculate, bunched or fasciculate, with aggregation of the fascicles.
1846. Dana, Zooph. (1848), 383. Cumulato-fasciculate, polyps long turbinate. Ibid., Gloss., Cumulato-ramose. Branches lengthening by buds at apex, the new polyps being successively the terminal.
