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globose

globose adjective: having a globular form.

Adjective

globose (comparative more globose, superlative most globose)

  1. Having a globular form.

Forms of globose

comparativemore globose
superlativemost globose
alternative formglobous

Origin of globose

From Latin globosus (“round as a ball, spherical, globular”).

Words formed from globose

Phrases with globose

Questions about globose

What does globose mean?
Globose means having a globular form.
What part of speech is globose?
Globose is an adjective.

Words near globose in the dictionary

  1. globophobic
  2. globorotalid
  3. globorotalids
  4. globorotaliid
  5. globorotaliids
  6. globose
  7. globose physa
  8. globose physae
  9. globose physas
  10. globosely
  11. globoseness

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