a. [ad. mod.L. cylindric-us, a. Gr. κυλινδρικός, f. κύλινδρος CYLINDER: see -IC. So F. cylindrique (1596 in Hatzf.).] Having the form of a cylinder, cylindrical.

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1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, III. 357/1. A long round Iron Cilindrick socket.

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1870.  Hooker, Stud. Flora, 200. Anthémis nobilis … disk-flowers cylindric.

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  b.  With other adjectives, denoting a combination of the cylindric and some other form; frequent in Bot., as cylindric-campanulate, -fusiform, -oblong, -ovoid, -subulate.

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1870.  Hooker, Stud. Flora, 216. Crepis taraxifolia … involucre cylindric-campanulate. Ibid., 432. Agrostis australis … Panice large, 1–3 in., cylindric-fusiform.

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