globose

globose
globosely, adv.globosity /gloh bos"i tee/, globoseness, n.
/gloh"bohs, gloh bohs"/, adj.
having the shape of a globe; globelike.
[1400-50; late ME < L globosus spherical, forming a globelike mass. See GLOBE, -OSE1]

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