Globose

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a globular form.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having the shape of a sphere or ball wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
ball shapedball-shapedbulbousellipsoidalglobalglobate

Etymology

From Latin globosus (“round as a ball, spherical, globular”).

Related phrases

globose physa

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