globe : Idioms & Phrases

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celestial globe

  • noun a globe that is a spherical model of the heavens
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Globe amaranth

  • noun tropical American herb having rose to red or purple flowers that can be dried without losing color
    bachelor's button; Gomphrena globosa.
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  • (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gomphrena (G. globosa), bearing round heads of variously colored flowers, which long retain color when gathered.
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Globe animalcule

  • a small, globular, locomotive organism (Volvox globator), once throught to be an animal, afterward supposed to be a colony of microscopic algæ.
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globe artichoke

  • noun Mediterranean thistlelike plant widely cultivated for its large edible flower head
    Cynara scolymus; artichoke; artichoke plant.
  • noun a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
    artichoke.
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Globe daisy

  • (Bot.), a plant or flower of the genus Globularing, common in Europe. The flowers are minute and form globular heads.
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globe flower

  • noun any of several plants of the genus Trollius having globose yellow flowers
    globeflower.
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globe lily

  • noun any of several plants of the genus Calochortus having egg-shaped flowers
    fairy lantern.
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globe mallow

  • noun genus of coarse herbs and subshrubs of arid North and South America having pink or scarlet flowers and globose fruits
    false mallow.
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Globe of compression

  • (Mil.), a kind of mine producing a wide crater; called also overcharged mine.
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globe pepper

  • noun round sweet pepper
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Globe sight

  • a form of front sight placed on target rifles.
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Globe slater

  • (Zoöl.), an isopod crustacean of the genus Spheroma.
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Globe thistle

  • noun any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers
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  • (Bot.), a thistlelike plant with the flowers in large globular heads (Cynara Scolymus); also, certain species of the related genus Echinops.
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Globe valve

  • . (a) A ball valve. (b) A valve inclosed in a globular chamber. Knight.
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globe-shaped

Globe"-shaped` adjective
Definitions
  1. Shaped like a globe.
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globe-trot

  • verb travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing
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Meridian of a globe, ∨ Brass meridian

  • a graduated circular ring of brass, in which the artificial globe is suspended and revolves.
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Rectification of a globe

  • (Astron.), its adjustment preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem.
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rose globe lily

  • noun globe lily with deep rose-pink or purple egg-shaped flowers on flexuous stems; western slopes of Sierra Nevada in San Joaquin Valley
    Calochortus amoenus.
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Slate globe

  • a globe the surface of which is made of an artificial slatelike material.
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To rectify a globe

  • to adjust it in order to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem.
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white globe lily

  • noun globe lily having open branched clusters of egg-shaped white flowers; southern California
    Calochortus albus; white fairy lantern.
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yellow globe lily

  • noun globe lily having open branched clusters of clear yellow egg-shaped flowers; northern California
    golden fairy lantern; Calochortus amabilis.
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