Globose

Word GLOBOSE
Character 7
Hyphenation glo bose
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Globose"

What do we mean by globose?

Spherical; globular. adjective

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.

A globe. noun

Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical. adjective

Having a globular form. adjective

Having the shape of a sphere or ball adjective

Having a globular form.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Globose

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The word "globose" in example sentences

The globose dune beetle and the Belkin's dune fly, both considered threatened, are also found on the reserve site. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The prey Chlorella first formed globose clusters of tens to hundreds of cells. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It has shallowly lobed leaves and sub-globose or ellipsoid orange-red fruits to 6 cm long. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Light green, oval or nearly globose, 3-4 cm long, turning yellow on ripening. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Description: An extensive climber originating from a huge, usually globose, tuber up to 1 m across. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Seeds usually 1, occasionally 2 per pod, smooth, rounded to sub-globose, cream, red, brown or black and up to 1.5 cm ❋ Unknown (1999)

Stem purplish green arising from a globose yellowish white scaly tuber (occasionally with short protrusions) to 5 cm across and about 6-12 cm below the soil surface. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Tubers carrot-like to 10 cm long by 2 cm wide, occasionally nearly globose, up to 3.5 cm across. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Nearly globose, slightly compressed, 2-3 cm long, green, turning yellowish brown on ripening. ❋ Unknown (1999)

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. ❋ Unknown (1987)

There are usually 6-12 globose seeds, yellow to chocolate-brown in colour. ❋ Unknown (1987)

The tubers are large, weighing 5-15 kg, roughly globose but deeply lobed, pale skinned, but covered with masses of fibrous roots: they are produced near the soil surface and are extremely poisonous. ❋ Unknown (1987)

Corms - the depressed globose corms often have a diameter of 30 cm or more, and under good cultural conditions can weigh 7-9 kg by the fourth season. ❋ Unknown (1987)

The corms are large globose depressed tubers, usually dull-yellow or brownish-yellow in colour, and these produce 5-10 cormels at the end of each growing season. ❋ Unknown (1987)

It didn't look like the stuff of which dreams were made -- a large, globose, heart-shaped mound, pale green and dotted with protrusions, resembling a leathery green pine cone. ❋ Kellerman, Jonathan (1986)

Sessile spikelets binate; first glume globose, pitted 27. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The first glume is globose, hard, coarsely pitted, with an oblong ventral opening opposite the cavity in the joint of the rachis. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The _spikelets_ are 1 - to 2-flowered in dissimilar pairs, one globose, sessile and bisexual and the other ovate, pedicelled, neuter; the pedicel is adnate to the joint of the rachis. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

The _spikelets_ are about 1/6 inch long, sub-globose, with four ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

Female spikelets are collected in large globose heads of stellately spreading very long rigid rod-like processes surrounded by shorter subulate bracts. ❋ K. Rangachari (N/A)

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