subglobuloseadj.
/sʌbˈɡlɒbjᵿləʊs/, /sʌbˈɡlɒbjᵿləʊz/, U.S. /ˌsəbˈɡlɑbjəˌloʊs/, /ˌsəbˈɡlɑbjəˌloʊz/ Botany and Zoology.
Somewhat or almost globulose.
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1823 G. Crabb Universal Technol. Dict. at Isertia Per[icarpium] pome subglobulose.
1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 109/1 Shell sub-globulose or conöid.
1911 Proc. U.S. National Mus. 1910 38 462 Pygidium: male large, tumid, and subglobulose, spined; female, similar, with no spine.
1942 Mycologia 34 64 Spores..subglobulose with about 2 μ long spines the tops of which are amyloid.
2007 S. R. Domenech Truficultura 616 Red truffle..subglobulose spinulescent and clear brown coloured spores.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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