1. shaped like a globe or sphere; spherical or nearly spherical
Usage: formal or technical; often used in botany and biology to describe plant and organism structures

Examples

• The globose shape of the fruit made it easy to identify the species.
• Under the microscope, the cells appeared globose and uniform in size.
• The plant produces small globose berries that ripen in late summer.
• Astronomers study globose star clusters that orbit the galactic center.
• The globose design of the vase gave it an elegant, balanced appearance.