Definition of Tubulous. Meaning of Tubulous. Synonyms of Tubulous

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Definition of Tubulous

Tubulous
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.

Meaning of Tubulous from wikipedia

- pollinator for many plant species and due to its long snout it can forage on tubulous flowers. Larvae are ****ociated with cow dung. Adults males feed on nectar...
- From 1833: Maudslay 120 nhp steam engine Morgan paddlewheels From 1843: 'Tubulous boilers' Penn 260 nhp steam engine Paddlewheels Complement 80 Armament...
- from Mr. Turbevil Needham, to the President; Concerning Certain Chalky Tubulous Concretions, Called Malm: With Some Microscopical Observations on the Farina...
- Boilers, Their Construction and Working: Dealing More Especially With Tubulous Boilers. Translated by Robertson, Leslie S. (Second ed.). New York: D....
- 45 mm. The s**** is ovately turbinated, slightly perforated, somewhat tubulous and spirally ridged. The ridges are smooth alternately rather smaller,...
- upper pitchers tubulate - infundibulate tubulous in the lower part, infundibulate above the middle tubulous to narrow infundibuliform in the lower half...
- without a fin; with about 20 disk florets, hermaphroditic, with hairy tubulous corolla, slightly pentadentate, the teeth are oblong; anthers blackish...
- upper pitchers tubulate - infundibulate tubulous in the lower part, infundibulate above the middle tubulous to narrow infundibuliform in the lower half...
- Marine boilers—their construction and working, dealing more especially with tubulous boilers - Ed. 2 (1906), tr. and ed. by Leslie S. Robertson. Freely available...
- upper pitchers tubulate - infundibulate tubulous in the lower part, infundibulate above the middle tubulous to narrow infundibuliform in the lower half...