tubulateadj.
/ˈtjuːbjʊlət/ Natural History.
Formed into or like a tube; tubular.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adjective] > of hollow cylindrical form
cannulate?a1425
fistulose?1440
pipedc1520
pipe-like1600
fistulous1601
tubulous1664
tubulary1673
tubular1682
cannulated1684
cannular1698
tubulated1713
tunnelled1713
tubulose1714
pipy1724
tubal1735
tubiform1745
tubulate1753
tube-shaped1760
tubuliform1794
fistuliform1805
tubular-shaped1815
tubed1816
canaliform1826
tunnel-shaped1826
tube-like1849
tunnelly1874
tunnel-like1880
tubar1887
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. at Petal The tubulate bell-fashioned flowers.
1760 J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xxii. 122 Syngenesia... Characters of the Florets... Corolla..is either tubulate..; ligulate [etc.].
1846 J. D. Dana U.S. Exploring Exped.: Zoophytes 151 A few tubulate pores over the surface.
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 74 The group of the Tubulate Corals is now much reduced in numbers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
tubulatev.
/ˈtjuːbjʊleɪt/ 1. transitive. To form into a tube.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > form cylinder [verb (transitive)] > form into tube
intubate1612
fistulate1615
tunnel1713
tubulate1802
1802 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 13 207 A wooden cullender..the orifices of which have in the center a wire or skewer, which tubulates the extruded dough [macaroni].
2. transitive. ‘To furnish with a tube’ ( Cent. Dict. 1891).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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