fistuliform

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English

Etymology

From fistula +‎ -form.

Adjective

fistuliform (comparative more fistuliform, superlative most fistuliform)

  1. (archaic, rare) Shaped like a fistular or pipe; having a tubular shape
    • 1816, William Phillips, An Elementary Introduction to the Knowledge of Mineralogy:
      Stalactites and iron pyrites occur fistuliform.

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