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globose
[ gloh-bohs, gloh-bohs ]
adjective
- having the shape of a globe; globelike.
globose
/ ˈɡləʊbəs; ɡləʊˈbəʊs; ˈɡləʊbəʊs; ɡləʊˈbɒsɪtɪ /
adjective
- spherical or approximately spherical
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Derived Forms
- ˈglobosely, adverb
- globosity, noun
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Other Words From
- globose·ly adverb
- glo·bos·i·ty [gloh-, bos, -i-tee], globose·ness noun
- sub·globose adjective
- sub·globose·ly adverb
- sub·globose·ness noun
- subglo·bosi·ty noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of globose1
C15: from Latin globōsus; see globe
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Example Sentences
Shell globose, brown or yellow, with a check or willow leaf pattern, and a single dark band on the periphery.
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Two globose retractile vesicles issue from the ninth and tenth segments of those of Arctia chrysorrhea, &c.
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When young, the stem is globose, afterward becoming club-shaped or cylindrical.
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The larva has a soft fusiform body, surmounted by a somewhat globose head.
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Some clusters show twenty or more stipitate, globose sporangia, conjoined by their distinct but coherent stems.
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