Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the shape of half a sphere: applied especially to the eggs of certain insects.
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Common calyx semiglobose, with imbricated scales, the border often bearing thorns; numerous hermaphrodite disk flowers, with corolla very long, funnel-form, 5-toothed.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
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