tubular flower

collocation in English

meaningsoftubularandflower

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tubular
adjective
uk
/ˈtʃuː.bjə.lər/us
/ˈtuː.bjə.lɚ/
made in or having the shape of ...
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flower
noun[C]
uk
/flaʊər/us
/ˈflaʊ.ɚ/
the part of a plant that is often brightly coloured and has a pleasant smell, or the type of plant that ...
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(Definition oftubularandflowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftubular flower

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The inflorescence is a solitarytubularflowerup to a centimeter long with a flat white or pale pink corolla.
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At the end of each erect branch is a glandular inflorescence bearing a bright red-orangetubularflower2 or 3 centimeters long.
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Each smalltubularflowerhas a hairy calyx of sepals and a purple corolla no more than half a centimeter wide.
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Eachtubularfloweris 2 or 3 centimeters long, counting the elongated calyx of sepals and the long corolla.
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This annual grows an erect, branching stem with usually onetubularflowerat the top of each branch.
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Inside thetubularflowerare stamens, including a flat, sterile stamen known as a staminode.
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Thetubularflowerhas a flat pink or blue face up to a centimeter wide.
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The tinytubularfloweris 2 to 5 millimeters long and has a lobed, lipped mouth.
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Thetubularflowerhas two long, narrow, pointed upper lobes which may be blue or purple to nearly white.
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Thetubularflowerhas two long, narrow, pointed upper lobes which are generally rich purple.
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The inflorescence is a solitarytubularfloweraround a centimeter long.
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The petitetubularfloweris no more than a centimeter long, the base of its tube encapsulated in a narrow, ribbed calyx of sepals.
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Thetubularflowerhas two long, narrow, pointed upper lobes which may be blue or purple.
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Atop the stem is usually onetubularflower.
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Each smalltubularflowerhas five lobes with a petallike appendage at the base of each.
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Eachtubularfloweris up to 3 centimeters long, yellowish to pinkish and red-veined in color.
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Thetubularflowerhas violet petals up to 5 centimeters long that flare open at the mouth of the tube.
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Eachtubularfloweris up to a centimeter long.
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Thetubularfloweris up to 75 centimeters long and may be any of several shades of red, greenish, yellowish, or white.
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The sepals point forward to make a cup out of the mouth of the somewhattubularflower.
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