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tubiform

[ too-buh-fawrm, tyoo- ]

adjective

  1. shaped like a tube.


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Other Words From

  • sub·tubi·form adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of tubiform1

First recorded in 1735–45; tubi- + -form
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Example Sentences

The pileus is thin, flexible, tubiform, hollow to the base, blackish-brown, sometimes a little scaly, the hymenium even or somewhat wrinkled, cinereous.

Spores white, on ground, fleshy, tubiform, cap blackish, scaly, stem hollow, Craterellus Cornucopioides.

See trial. trying, a. severe, distressing, hard, irksome, afflictive, ordeal. trysting-place, n. rendezvous. tub, n. firkin, keeler, keelfat, keeve, vat, piggin. tube, n. pipe; valinch. tubular, a. tubiform, fistular, cannular. tuft, n. knot, bunch, clump; tussock, crest. tug, n. trace; pull, effort. tumble, v. heave, toss, roll, pitch; topple. tumble-down, a.

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