Definition of globular

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Globular (a.) Globe-shaped; having the form of a ball or sphere; spherical, or nearly so; as, globular atoms..

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Shot :: Shot (n.) Small globular masses of lead, of various sizes, -- used chiefly for killing game; as, bird shot; buckshot..
Mucor :: Mucor (n.) A genus of minute fungi. The plants consist of slender threads with terminal globular sporangia; mold.
Globularly :: Globularly (adv.) Spherically.
Sailing :: Sailing (n.) The art of managing a vessel; seamanship; navigation; as, globular sailing; oblique sailing..
Globose :: Globose (a.) Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular, or nearly so; spherical..
Pisolite :: Pisolite (n.) A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone, peagrit..
Fiorite :: Fiorite (n.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia..
Boll :: Boll (n.) The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form..
Durion :: Durion (n.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts..
Globularity :: Globularity (n.) The state of being globular; globosity; sphericity.
Groundnut :: Groundnut (n.) A European plant of the genus Bunium (B. flexuosum), having an edible root of a globular shape and sweet, aromatic taste; -- called also earthnut, earth chestnut, hawknut, and pignut..
Parkeria :: Parkeria (n.) A genus of large arenaceous fossil Foraminifera found in the Cretaceous rocks. The species are globular, or nearly so, and are of all sizes up to that of a tennis ball..
Bead :: Bead (n.) Any small globular bod.
Globulous :: Globulous (a.) Globular; spherical; orbicular.
Heliozoa :: Heliozoa (n. pl.) An order of fresh-water rhizopods having a more or less globular form, with slender radiating pseudopodia; the sun animalcule..
Gutwort :: Gutwort (n.) A plant, Globularia Alypum, a violent purgative, found in Africa..
Morula :: Morula (n.) The sphere or globular mass of cells (blastomeres), formed by the clevage of the ovum or egg in the first stages of its development; -- called also mulberry mass, segmentation sphere, and blastosphere. See Segmentation..
Round :: Round (a.) Having every portion of the surface or of the circumference equally distant from the center; spherical; circular; having a form approaching a spherical or a circular shape; orbicular; globular; as, a round ball..
Micrococcus :: Micrococcus (n.) A genus of Spherobacteria, in the form of very small globular or oval cells, forming, by transverse division, filaments, or chains of cells, or in some cases single organisms shaped like dumb-bells (Diplococcus), all without the power of motion. See Illust. of Ascoccus..
Globularness :: Globularness (n.) Sphericity; globosity.
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