adj.
Pronunciation: ' glä-by ə -l ə r, 1b is also ' gl ō -
Function: adjective
Etymology: partly from Latin glob us + English -ular; partly from Latin globul us + English -ar
Date: 1654
1 a (1) : having the shape of a globe or globule (2) : composed of compactly folded polypeptide chains arranged in a spherical form < globular proteins> b : GLOBAL
2 : having or consisting of globules