Globose

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Spherical; globular.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. having a globular form.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Like or resembling a globe; round or spherical in form; specifically, in common use, nearly but not quite spherical or globular.
  • In zoology: Rounded and very prominent; projecting from a surface like a sphere partially buried in it: as, globose eyes, coxæ, etc.
  • Having a globose part: as, the globose curassow, Crax globicera.
  • n. A globe.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having the shape of a sphere or ball
  • Equivalent
    circular    round   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spherical   
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    Words that are found in similar contexts