Definition of "tubulous" []

• Shaped like a tube; tubular. (adjective)
• Composed of tubes. (adjective)
• Having tubular parts. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The introduction of steel has reduced the weight by about one-tenth; but it will be the alteration of form to the locomotive, tubulous, or some other type, combined with some method of forced draught, to which we must look for such reductions in weight of material and water as will be of any great commercial value."
• "The advantages of this type, particularly the tubulous form (or a small water tube), made as it is in sections, offers unrivalled facilities for transport service."
• "Stenochilus with very green linear lanceolate leaves and red tubulous flowers, is frequent amongst the Bricklow."