Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Globeflower \Globe"flow`er\, n. (Bot.)
   (a) A plant of the genus {Trollius} ({T. Europ[ae]us}), found
       in the mountainous parts of Europe, and producing
       handsome globe-shaped flowers.
   (b) The American plant {Trollius laxus}.

   {Japan globeflower}. See {Corchorus}.