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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. having the shape of a sphere or ball;
- Example: "a spherical object"
- Example: "nearly orbicular in shape"
- Example: "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey
[syn: ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Globose \Glo*bose"\, a. [L. globosus.]
   Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular,
   or nearly so; spherical. --Milton.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

globose
    adj 1: 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, globose, globular, orbicular,
           spheric, spherical]