tubulousadj.
/ˈtjuːbjʊləs/ 1. Having the form of a tube; = tubular adj. 1.
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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
1664 H. Power Exper. Philos. i. 4 The stings in all Bees are hollow and tubulous.
1755 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 8/2 The flower is red and tubulous.
1826 G. Samouelle Gen. Direct. collecting Exotic Insects & Crustacea 23 A very short tubulous haustellum.
2. Containing or composed of tubes: = tubular adj. 3.
a. Botany. (See quot. 1864) rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Tubulose, Tubulous... 2. Containing small tubes; composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a tubulous compound flower.
b. Of a steam boiler: Having either fire-tubes or water-tubes.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > boiler > [adjective]
low pressure1816
tubular-flued1840
multitubular1849
tubulous1860
Field1865
Stirling1889
double-flued1895
1860 Illustr. London News 5 May 422/3 Safety-boilers (Tubulous)..are now made with water fire-box.
1892 Spectator 19 Mar. 386/1 The tubulous boiler [for ships]..is growing in favour both in France and America.
Derivatives
ˈtubulously adv. in a tubulous form.
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the world > plants > part of plant > part defined by form or function > [adverb] > in a particular form or manner
digitately1818
tubulously1818
furcately1846
ramosely1856
crenately1864
circinately1866
calceolately1881
the world > space > shape > curvature > curved three-dimensional shape or body > cylinder > [adverb] > in form of hollow cylinder
tubulously1818
tubularly1856
1818 T. Nuttall Genera N. Amer. Plants II. 80 Spatha tubulously cucullate.
ˈtubulousness n. (Bailey 1727, vol. II).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1664