tubiform

American

[too-buh-fawrm, tyoo-] / ˈtu bəˌfɔrm, ˈtyu- /

adjective

shaped like a tube.

Other Word Forms

subtubiform adjective

Etymology

Origin of tubiform

First recorded in 1735–45; tubi- + -form

Example Sentences

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The pileus is thin, flexible, tubiform, hollow to the base, blackish-brown, sometimes a little scaly, the hymenium even or somewhat wrinkled, cinereous.

From Project Gutenberg

Spores white, on ground, fleshy, tubiform, cap blackish, scaly, stem hollow, Craterellus Cornucopioides.

From Project Gutenberg

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