tubulous

American  

[too-byuh-luhs, tyoo-] / ˈtu byə ləs, ˈtyu- /

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

• tubulously adverb

Etymology

Origin of tubulous

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

Example Sentences

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

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

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