globose
adjective
having the shape of a globe; globelike.
subglobose
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a word derived from
globose.
Example Sentences
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Sporangia sessile, subglobose or oblong, more or less irregular, gregarious; the wall a thin, pellucid membrane, covered with large, irregular, very thick, white scales of lime.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
Styles 2–4, with dilated lobes; capsules large, often thick, subglobose to ovate-oblong, 2–4-valved; bracts mostly glabrous; seeds 1–2´´ long.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
P. 1.5-3 cm. subglobose, edge at first incurved, deep chestnut brown; g. adnexed, very broad, tawny umber; s. 3-5 cm. narrowed downwards into a rooting base, dark brown below, pale above; sp.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
P. 6-9 cm. convex then expanded, dry, white or yellowish, usually with patches of the volva; g. adnexed, white; s. 5-8 cm. white, bulbous, ring torn, volva without a large, free margin; sp. subglobose, 7-9.
From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by George Massee
Sporangia subglobose, irregular, sessile, crowded, forming clusters or effused patches; the wall thin, yellow, densely granulose and venulose.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by A. P. (Andrew Price) Morgan
