'globose-fruited' originates from Latin, specifically the words 'globosus' and 'fructus', where 'globus' meant 'ball' and 'fructus' meant 'fruit'.

'globose' comes from Latin 'globosus' (via Medieval Latin) meaning 'spherical' and entered English as a learned adjective; 'fruited' is formed from Old French/Latin 'fructus' > Middle English 'fruit' plus the adjectival suffix '-ed', yielding 'fruited' meaning 'having fruit'.

Initially the elements referred separately to 'ball-like' and 'fruit'; combined as a botanical compound they came to specifically describe plants 'bearing spherical fruits' and are used chiefly in botanical descriptions.