- a variation of cylindrical.
cylindric
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U.S. warships pulled up alongside homeward-bound Soviet freighters while Russian crewmen obediently pulled back the canvas wrappings that covered the long, cylindric objects on the decks.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cones 4 to 6 in. long, cylindric, usually curved, with smooth, thin, unarmed scales.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by A. C. (Austin Craig) Apgar
Now let us consider a cylindric film contained between two equal fixed disks.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various
In typical specimens, unopened, the shape is almost pyriform; opened, we have a cylindric, oftenest lemon-yellow vase, mounted on a short striate stalk.
From The North American Slime-Moulds A Descriptive List of All Species of Myxomycetes Hitherto Reported from the Continent of North America, with Notes on Some Extra-Limital Species by Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
Cones 3 in. long, ovate, cylindric, obtuse, with rounded, entire scales and hidden bracts.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by A. C. (Austin Craig) Apgar
