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.

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Tubulous -ose: formed like a tube: fistulous.

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Both sexes have the ears perforated with several holes, about the outer and lower part of the edge, in which they hang little bunches of beads, made of the same tubulous shelly substance used for this purpose by those of Nootka.

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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.

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The introduction of steel has reduced the weight by about one-tenth; but it will be the alteration of form to the locomotive, tubulous, or some other type, combined with some method of forced draught, to which we must look for such reductions in weight of material and water as will be of any great commercial value.

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