'Globule' definitions:

Definition of 'globule'

From: WordNet
noun
A small globe or ball

Definition of 'Globule'

From: GCIDE
  • Globule \Glob"ule\, n. [L. globulus, dim. of globus globe: cf. F. globule.]
  • 1. A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form. [1913 Webster]
  • Globules of snow. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
  • These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . . deeply in the skull. --Paley. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Biol.) A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists. [1913 Webster]

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