'Globe amaranth' definitions:

Definition of 'globe amaranth'

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noun
Tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color [syn: globe amaranth, bachelor's button, Gomphrena globosa]

Definition of 'Globe amaranth'

From: GCIDE
  • Globe \Globe\ (gl[=o]b), n. [L. globus, perh. akin to L. glomus a ball of yarn, and E. clump, golf: cf. F. globe.]
  • 1. A round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square. [1913 Webster]
  • Him round A globe of fiery seraphim inclosed. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Globe amaranth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena (G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
  • Globe animalcule, a small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic alg[ae].
  • Globe of compression (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater; -- called also overcharged mine.
  • Globe daisy (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads.
  • Globe sight, a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
  • Globe slater (Zool.), an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma.
  • Globe thistle (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain species of the related genus Echinops.
  • Globe valve. (a) A ball valve. (b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Globe, Sphere, Orb, Ball.
  • Usage: Globe denotes a round, and usually a solid body; sphere is the term applied in astronomy to such a body, or to the concentric spheres or orbs of the old astronomers; orb is used, especially in poetry, for globe or sphere, and also for the pathway of a heavenly body; ball is applied to the heavenly bodies concieved of as impelled through space. [1913 Webster]