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A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

A genus of marine mollusks belonging to the Scaphopoda, having a tubular conical shell.

m a disk, as the pearly nautilus. Discoid flower (Bot.), a compound flower, consisting of tubular florets only, as a tansy, lacking the rays which are seen in the daisy and sunflower.

Pertaining to the Eustachian tube; as, Eustachian catheter. Eustachian catheter, a tubular instrument to be introduced into the Eustachian tube so as to allow of inflation of the middle ear through the nose or mouth. -- Eustrachian tube (Anat.), a passage from the tympanum of the ear to the pharynx. See Ear. -- Eusta…

Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp; -- opposed to tubular or hollow. [Obs.]

sel, in such quantities as may be desired; -- called also tap, and cock. It consists of a tubular spout, stopped with a movable plug, spigot, valve, or slide.

Of a fistular form; tubular; pipe-shaped. Stalactite often occurs fistuliform. W. Philips.

A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout.

A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle.

Any one of a genus (Gentiana) of herbaceous plants with opposite leaves and a tubular four- or five-lobed corolla, usually blue, but sometimes white, yellow, or red. See Illust. of Capsule.

A sharp-edged, tubular, marine shell, of the genus Vermetus; also, the pinna. See Vermetus.

An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally jointed and tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single.

One the above-mentioned filaments, consisting, in invertebrate animals, of a long, tubular part which is free and flexible, and a bulbous root imbedded in the skin. Then read he me how Sampson lost his hairs. Chaucer. And draweth new delights with hoary hairs. Spenser.

a) An East Indian fruit bat of the genus Harpyia (esp. H. cerphalotes), having prominent, tubular nostrils. (b) A small, insectivorous Indian bat (Harpiocephalus harpia). Harpy fly (Zoöl.), the house fly.

To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.

Having the limb of a tubular corolla or calyx divided into two unequal parts, one projecting over the other like the lips of a mouth, as in the snapdragon, sage, and catnip.

Containing the latex; -- applied to the tissue or tubular vessels in which the latex of the plant is found.

The simple tubular glands of the small intestines; -- called also crypts of Lieberkühn.

rets of which have their corollets flat, spreading out toward the end, with the base only tubular.

(Biol.) An opening, space, or cavity, esp. a tubular cavity; a vacuole.