banded tube

noun

A kind of phytoclast consisting of micrometre-scale tubes with a banded internal ornamentation, known from terrestrial/freshwater settings from the early Silurian onwards.

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Meanings

nounbanded tube (plural banded tubes)

plural banded tubes

  1. A kind of phytoclast consisting of micrometre-scale tubes with a banded internal ornamentation, known from terrestrial/freshwater settings from the early Silurian onwards.
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