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globose

ADJECTIVE
  1. having the shape of a sphere or ball
    a spherical object
    little globular houses like mud-wasp nests
    nearly orbicular in shape

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  • The prey Chlorella first formed globose clusters of tens to hundreds of cells. Mutation, selection and complexity - The Panda's Thumb
  • The radicle and plumule form a small subglobose unit, the embryonic axis, whose acuminate lower end extends into the micropyle.
  • Such an explanation does not account for the distinctive ontogeny of interpositum, or for the absence of the improbable shell form which associates very thin and dense ribbing with globose general shape.
  • Thorax and pectus tawny, the former globose, with a black dorsal spot; abdomen tawny at the base; anterior legs testaceous, hind femora spinose beneath; wings grey, darker at the tips; stigma and veins black; halteres testaceous, with piceous tips. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
  • Tubers carrot-like to 10 cm long by 2 cm wide, occasionally nearly globose, up to 3.5 cm across. Chapter 7
  • Abdomen ovate, truncate at the base, its apex fuscous; the first node of the petiole compressed, its margin rounded above, the second node incrassate and subglobose; club of the antennæ 2-jointed. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
  • Pagiopoda: Heteroptera, in which the posterior coxae are not globose and the articulation is a hinge joint: see trochalopoda. Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology
  • Thorax and pectus tawny, the former globose, with a black dorsal spot; abdomen tawny at the base; anterior legs testaceous, hind femora spinose beneath; wings grey, darker at the tips; stigma and veins black; halteres testaceous, with piceous tips. Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology
  • The early-maturing radishes produce small roots, often globose, of approximately 1.25 cm diameter with a bright red skin, or red with a white tip, and (usually) white crisp flesh. Chapter 27
  • Seeds usually 1, occasionally 2 per pod, smooth, rounded to sub-globose, cream, red, brown or black and up to 1.5 cm Chapter 7
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