globular

UK /ˈɡlɒbjʊlə/ US /ˈɡlɑbjəlɚ/
adj 2noun 1

Definitions

adj

1

Roughly spherical in shape; globe-shaped.

"Nary a spot," interrupted E. R. Coglan, flippantly. "The terrestrial, globular, planetary hunk of matter, slightly flattened at the poles, and known as the Earth, is my abode.[…]"

Podson's globular stare assured any woman that the bargain was sacred. It was solemn, intent, opaque; it was also slightly mesmeric, which is to say that it gave out everything and took in nothing.

2

Comprising globules.

noun

1

A globular cluster

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