Subglobose

Subglobose [ Botany ]
Synonym: Prolate spheroidal

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Not quite, globose.

[Formed by the prefix "Sub-" meaning partly, somewhat + "Globose" meaning at ball-shaped]

Subglobose represent the shape of a plant organ (especially found in pollen granules, fruit, stems, flowers or seeds) that is somewhat globose, but not having the perfect shape of a sphere or ball.

Left: A subglobose flower

Left: Shapes based on the sphere and ellipsoids, distinguished by the ratio of a:b.

Globose or spherical
Subglobose or prolate spheroidal
Broadly ellipsoidal (sub-prolate) to ellipsoidal (prolate)
Oval (per-prolate)
Fusiform

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