globose

  • 11globose — glo·bose glō .bōs adj GLOBULAR (1) * * * glo·bose (gloґbōs) spherical …

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  • 12globose — glo·bose || gləʊbəʊs adj. round; spherical, globe shaped …

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  • 13globose — a. Spherical, globular, globate, globated, round, globe shaped …

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  • 14globose —   Nearly spherical; globular, e.g. the seeds of Cycas siamensis or the pseudocone of Cycas panzhihuanensis …

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  • 15globose — glo·bose …

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  • 16globose — glo•bose [[t]ˈgloʊ boʊs, gloʊˈboʊs[/t]] adj. having the shape of a globe; globelike • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L globōsus spherical. See globe, ose I glo′bose•ly, adv. glo•bos′i•ty ˈbɒs ɪ ti n …

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  • 17globose — /ˈgloʊboʊs/ (say glohbohs), /gloʊˈboʊs/ (say gloh bohs) adjective globe like; globe shaped, or nearly so. Also, globous /ˈgloʊbəs/ (say glohbuhs). {Latin globōsus round as a ball} –globosely, adverb –globosity /gloʊˈbɒsəti/ (say gloh bosuhtee),… …

  • 18globose — adjective having the shape of a sphere or ball a spherical object nearly orbicular in shape little globular houses like mud wasp nests Zane Grey • Syn: ↑ball shaped, ↑global, ↑globular, ↑orbicular, ↑spheric …

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  • 19Sphere — Globose redirects here. See also Globose nucleus. A sphere (from Greek σφαίρα sphaira , globe, ball, [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%23101561 Sphaira, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott,… …

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  • 20fern — fernless, adj. fernlike, adj. /ferrn/, n. any seedless, nonflowering vascular plant of the class Filicinae, of tropical to temperate regions, characterized by true roots produced from a rhizome, triangular fronds that uncoil upward and have a… …

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