subˈglobose, a.
[ad. mod.L. subglobōsus: see sub- 21 c.]
Somewhat or almost globose; almost spherical in shape.
| 1752 Sir J. Hill Hist. Anim. 200 The roundish or subglobose ones [sc. species of centronia], called by Klein and some others Cidares. 1775 J. Jenkinson Linnæus' Brit. Plants 67 The fruit is a subglobose capsule. 1826 Kirby & Sp. Entomol. III. 697 Supported..by triangular, conical, or subglobose props. 1872 Oliver Elem. Bot. 308 Male flowers in pendulous, pedunculate, subglobose, silky catkins. 1879 E. P. Wright Anim. Life 52 In..Micro⁓rhynchus, the head is short and sub-globose. |
So subgloˈboso-, comb. form of subglobose.
| 1887 W. Phillips Brit. Discomycetes 258 Cups scattered, sessile, subgloboso-hemispherical. |