Definition of Globous

1. a. Spherical.

Definition of Globous

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of globose) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Globous

1. spherical [adj] - See also: spherical

Lexicographical Neighbors of Globous

globocrat
globoid
globoid cell
globoid cell leukodystrophy
globoids
globose
globosely
globoses
globoside
globoside galactosyltransferase
globosides
globosities
globosity
globosus nucleus
globotriaosylceramide
globous (current term)
globs
globster
globsters
globular
globular actin
globular cluster
globular clusters
globular heart
globular leukocyte
globular pearlite
globular process
globular protein
globular sputum

Literary usage of Globous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Class-book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology, and by Alphonso Wood (1873)
"... filaments often somewhat connate or with intervening, sterile ones; capsule globous, 5 to 10-valved, opening at the apex ; seeds few or many. ..."

2. Class Book of Botany: Being Outlines of the Structure, Physiology and by Alphonso Wood (1861)
"3-cleft ; ach. globous, rough, white anJ shilling; ... ach. about 1". diam., globous, whitish, marked with brownish, ..."

3. The New American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure by Alphonso Wood (1889)
"... not at all acuminate ; pedicels short, smooth ; drupe globous. ... acute ; pedicels nearly solitary ; drupe globous, oval, ovoid, and obovoid. ..."

4. A Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages, in Two Parts ...by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto by Antonio Vieyra, Jacinto Dias do Canto (1827)
"... gathered into a sphere or ball. tion; also turn, or time, at Globoso, a.adj.globose, globous, which any thing is to be had orj spherical, round. done. ..."

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