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

Hence the equilibrium of a cylindric film whose length is greater than its circumference is unstable.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

P. 6-9 cm. exp. edge patent, golden-tawny or reddish-tan; g. adnato-decur. straw-colour then ochre; s. 10-17 cm. cylindric, yellowish-white, silky-viscid; sp. ——. collinitus, Fr.

From European Fungus Flora: Agaricaceae by Massee, George

They are of cylindric form, crimson in colour, and each stamen bears from two to six anther-cells.

From Wayside and Woodland Trees A pocket guide to the British sylva by Step, Edward

Segments of the basal leaves wedge-lanceolate; head of fruit cylindric Anemone, Anemone cylindrica. 37b.

From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Gleason, Henry Allan