tubulous

American  

[too-byuh-luhs, tyoo-] / ˈtu bjə ləs, ˈtju- /

adjective

1. containing or consisting of tubes.

2. having the form of a tube; tubular.

3. Botany. having tubular flowers.

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tubulous British  

/ ˈtjuːbjʊləs /

adjective

1. tube-shaped; tubular

2. characterized by or consisting of small tubes

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• tubulously
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of tubulous

From the New Latin word tubulōsus, dating back to 1655–65. See tubule, -ous

Example Sentences

There are likewise several sorts of sea-eggs, and many very fine star-fish, besides a considerable variety of corals, amongst which are two red sorts, the one most elegantly branched, the other tubulous.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 15 Forming A Complete History Of The Origin And Progress Of Navigation, Discovery, And Commerce, By Sea And Land, From The Earliest Ages To The Present Time by Kerr, Robert

The leaves are of dark green, and shaped like a heart; the flowers are of a tubulous form, and of the several colours of red, white, or purple — the latter are the most common.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

A small shrubby Stenochilus with very green linear lanceolate leaves and red tubulous flowers, is frequent amongst the Bricklow.

From Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 by Leichhardt, Ludwig