subgloboseadj.
/sʌbˈɡləʊbəʊs/, /ˌsʌbɡləʊˈbəʊs/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈɡloʊˌboʊs/ Botany and Zoology.
Somewhat or almost globose; almost spherical in shape.
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spheroidical1698
spheroidical1708
subglobose1752
subglobular1773
subround1779
spheroidal1807
globoid1863
1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 200 The roundish or subglobose ones [sc. species of centronia], called by Klein and some others Cidares.
1775 J. Jenkinson Linnæus' Generic & Specific Descr. Brit. Plants 67 The fruit is a subglobose capsule.
1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. III. 697 Supported..by triangular, conical, or subglobose props.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) 308 Male flowers in pendulous, pedunculate, subglobose, silky catkins.
1879 E. P. Wright Animal Life 52 In..Micro~rhynchus, the head is short and sub-globose.
1939 E. A. Bessey Text-bk. Mycol. (new ed.) vii. 133 The ascus varies in shape from cylindrical or clavate..to ovoid or subglobose.
1975 Amer. Jrnl. Bot. 62 1073 A fungus developed which attacks nematodes..from a subglobose adhesive cell produced terminally on its..hyaline conidia.
2001 Ann. Bot. 88 1065/2 They [sc. the seeds] are yellowish-brown, tan or brown, globose or subglobose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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