What does "collective" mean?

Additional senses

1. 2.(Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, juri, etc.
2. 3.Tending to collect; forming a collection. Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. Young.
3. 4.Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note. Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit. Gray.
4. 5.A collective noun or name.