a. [ad. L. fistulōs-us, f. fistula: see -OSE.] = next.
c. 1420. Pallad. on Husb., II. 372.
| Stone tiburtyne, or floody columbyne, | |
| Or spongy rede, lete brenne, or marble stone, | |
| For bylding better is the harder myne, | |
| The fistulose and softer lete it goone. |
1846. Worcester (citing Hooker), Fistulose, formed like a fistula; fistular.
1881. Nature, XXIII. 3 March, 426/1. A paper on some sponges obtained among a mass of fistulose coral from deep water off the coast of Spain.
