globule
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
globule /ˈglɒbjuːl/
▶noun
- 1 a small round particle of a substance; a drop.
- 2 Astronomy a small dark cloud of gas and dust seen against a brighter background such as a luminous nebula.
– derivatives
globulous adjective.
globulous adjective.
– origin C17: from Fr., or from L. globulus, dimin. of globus ‘spherical object, globe’.
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