Defn: Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses.
SPHEROSOME
Sphe"ro*some, n. Etym: [Sphere + -some body.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The body wall of any radiate animal.
SPHERULATE
Spher"u*late, a.
Defn: Covered or set with spherules; having one or more rows of spherules, or minute tubercles.
SPHERULE
Spher"ule, n. Etym: [L. spherula: cf. F. sphérule.]
Defn: A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when poured upon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute spherules.
SPHERULITE
Spher"u*lite, n. Etym: [Cf. F. sphérulite.] (Min.)
Defn: A minute spherical crystalline body having a radiated structure, observed in some vitreous volcanic rocks, as obsidian and pearlstone.
SPHERULITIC
Spher`u*lit"ic, a.