Tū'bu-lōse' or Tū'bu-lōus, a.
a. [Fr. tubuleux. See Tu-BULE.]
Sense 1. Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally hollow.
Sense 2. Containing small tubes; composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a tubulous compound flower.
Sense 3. (Bot.) Having a bell-shaped border, with reflex segments, rising from a tube; as, a tubulous floret.