The Collaborative International Dictionary
Globose \Glo*bose"\, a. [L. globosus.]
Having a rounded form resembling that of a globe; globular,
or nearly so; spherical.
--Milton.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"spherical," early 15c., "large and formless," from Latin globosus "round as a ball," from globus (see globe).
Wiktionary
a. having a globular form.
WordNet
Usage examples of "globose".
The characteristics of the skulls confirm this arrangement, as the short-clawed Otters are distinguishable from the others by a shorter and more globose cranium and larger molars, and, as Dr.
This Puff Ball is smooth, globose, and yellowish-white when young, becoming afterwards brown.
These are extremely various in character and form, being globose, cylindrical, columnar or flattened into leafy expansions or thick joint-like divisions, the surface being either ribbed like a melon, or developed into nipple-like protuberances, or variously angular, but in the greater number of the species furnished copiously with tufts of horny spines, some of which are exceedingly keen and powerful.
You will comprehend, Monsieur, that there are certain physical phenomena inseparable from the contortions of a globose man labouring through unaccustomed exercises.