globose
pronunciation
How to pronounce globose in British English:
UK ['gləʊbəʊs]
How to pronounce globose in American English:
US ['gloʊboʊs]
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- Adjective:
- having the shape of a sphere or ball
Word Origin
- globose (adj.)
- "spherical, like or resembling a sphere," early 15c., "large and formless," from Latin globosus "round as a ball," from globus (see globe). Related: Globosity.
Example
- 1. Basal internodes of culm swollen into globose corms .
- 2. Kidney spherule is the blood capillary net with globose posse .
- 3. Gynoecium and aggregate fruit globose .
- 4. Fruit a several seeded globose berry .
- 5. Rhizomes without small globose nodules .