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Definition of Globose
1. Adjective. Having the shape of a sphere or ball. "Little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"
Similar to: Circular, Round
Derivative terms: Globe, Globosity, Globe, Globe, Globularness, Sphere, Sphere, Sphere, Sphericity, Sphere, Sphere, Sphericalness
Definition of Globose
1. a. Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical.
Definition of Globose
1. Adjective. having a globular form. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Globose
1. spherical [adj] - See also: spherical
Medical Definition of Globose
1. Nearly spherical. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Globose
Literary usage of Globose
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"Flowers on the inside of a hollow, globose, or pear-shaped Flowers on the outside
of a fleshy receptacle ; in globose receptacle 8. FICUS. ..."
2. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1888)
"Receptacle ovate-conical and the disk semi- to sub-globose: involucre soon reflexed
and then« (over half-inch long) drooping in the manner of ..."
3. The Micrographic Dictionary: A Guide to the Examination and Investigation of by John William Griffith, Arthur Henfrey (1883)
"Peri- diole globose ... globose, ultimately yellow or ferruginous ; spores globose
or elliptic. Very common on excrement of dogs and cats in wet weather. ..."
4. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"... globose-ovoid, dry and mealy, edible. — From Utah to the Upper Missouri aud
eastward to ... Berry globose, pulpy and ..."
5. The Student's Flora of the British Islands by Joseph Dalton Hooker (1878)
"Heeds many, flat or globose, testa coriaceous hard or thick and fleshy. ...
Seeds compressed, winged, or globose with a fleshy testa.—DISTRIB. ..."
6. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing an Abridged Description of by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1897)
"i -a in :i cluster, the slender pedicels arising fmm a wart- like peduncle; drupe
globose. — South Florida. — A small tree with hard and close-grained wood. ..."
7. Hand-book of Indian Flora: Being a Guide to All the Flowering Plants by Herber Drury (1866)
"... in a panicle : capitula somewhat 'drooping, pedicelled, small, globose :
involucral scales ovate, mar- ginate ; inner ones membranaceous at the margin. ..."
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