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glo·boid

 (glō′boid′)
adj.
Having a globelike shape; spheroid.
n.
A globe-shaped object.
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globoid

(ˈɡləʊbɔɪd)
adj
shaped approximately like a globe
n
a globoid body, such as any of those occurring in certain plant granules
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glo•boid

(ˈgloʊ bɔɪd)

adj.
1. approximately globular.
n.
2. a globoid figure or body.
[1870–75]
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globoid

adjective
Having the shape of a curve everywhere equidistant from a fixed point:
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It is a native fruit of Brazil and can be found in the nature as shrubs or small trees, differing of the other Eugenia species because its leaves have primary venation adaxially concave, raceme with indefinite primary axis finished in vegetative branch, pyloric stem disc, hairy stylet and globoid to subgloboid fruits (AMORIM; ALVES, 2012).
Gall morphotypes were classified in one of the following categories: clavate, conical, cylindrical, fusiform, globoid, lenticular, rosette, bivalveshaped, hornshaped, leaf fold, marginal roll and pocket shaped, according to Isaias et al.
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