hemispherical
[hem-i-sfer-i-kuh l]
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adjective
having the form of a hemisphere.
Origin of hemispherical
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The flower-heads are hemispherical, about half an inch in diameter.
Field and Woodland PlantsWilliam S. Furneaux
Fig. 13 is from the same locality, and is hemispherical in shape.
Art in Shell of the Ancient AmericansWilliam H. Holmes
Cephalis trilobate, inflated, of about the same breadth and length as the tun-shaped thorax and the hemispherical abdomen.
Cupola hemispherical, only one-third as long as the slender inversely conical abdomen, both with irregular, much smaller pores.
Galea hemispherical, with a short conical horn, about as large as the roundish cephalis and half as large as the ovate thorax.