Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Tubulous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tubulose \Tu"bu*lose`\, Tubulous \Tu"bu*lous\, a. [Cf. F.
tubuleux. See {Tubule}.]
1. Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally
hollow; specifically (Bot.), having a hollow cylindrical
corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border; as, a
tubulose flower.
2. Containing, or consisting of, small tubes; specifically
(Bot.), composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a
tubulous compound flower.
{Tubulous boiler}, a steam boiler composed chiefly of tubes
containing water and surrounded by flame and hot gases; --
sometimes distinguished from tubular boiler.
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