characteristic of inheres in spherical plant embryo plant embryo shape globular embryo TO:0000194 PATO:0001499 plant_trait_ontology An embryo shape trait (TO:0000193) which is a globular plant embryo (PO:0009009). Refer to globular (PATO:0001499): A spheroid quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's resembling a ball (a sphere whose equatorial diameter is equal to the polar diameter).