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Definition: FISTULOSE

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Formed like a fistula; hollow; reedlike.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb fistulosely.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(fistulosely)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fistulose.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Fistulose" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Fistulose \Fis"tu*lose`\, adjective. [Latin expression fistulosus.]. (references)

Definition: FISTULOSE

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Formed like a fistula; hollow; reedlike.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb fistulosely.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(fistulosely)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective fistulose.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "FISTULOSE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Fistulose \Fis"tu*lose`\, adjective. [Latin expression fistulosus.]. (references)