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tubulose

tubulose is the alternative form of tubulous.

Meaning of tubulous

Adjective

tubulous (comparative more tubulous, superlative most tubulous)

  1. Shaped like a tube; tubular.
    1. Having a hollow cylindrical corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border.
      • 'a tubulose flower
  2. Constructed of, or containing tubular parts.
    1. Composed wholly of tubular florets.
      • a tubulous compound flower

Forms of tubulose

comparativemore tubulose
superlativemost tubulose

Questions about tubulose

What is tubulose the alternative form of?
Tubulose is the alternative form of tubulous.

Words near tubulose in the dictionary

  1. tubuloprotective
  2. tubuloreticular
  3. tubulorrhexis
  4. tubulosaccular
  5. tubulosan
  6. tubulose
  7. tubulosine
  8. tubulosines
  9. tubulosomatic
  10. tubulostromal
  11. tubulotoxic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tubulose (page history and authors); tubulous (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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