1. nearly circular or round in shape; somewhat orbicular
Usage: technical; botanical

Examples

• The botanist noted the suborbicular leaves of the plant specimen.
• The fossil showed a suborbicular shell pattern.
• Under the microscope, the cells appeared suborbicular rather than perfectly round.
• The geologist described the rock formation as having a suborbicular cross-section.
• The suborbicular fruit was slightly flattened at the poles.