a. [SUB- 20 c.] Somewhat or almost globular. So Subglobulose a. (in Dicts.).
1787. trans. Linnæus Fam. Plants, 195. Stigmas subglobular.
1812. New Bot. Gard., I. 41. The pistillum is a subglobular germ.
1897. Allbutts Syst. Med., III. 564. Circumscribed globular or subglobular tumours.