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urceolate
[ ur-see-uh-lit, -leyt ]
adjective
- shaped like a pitcher; swelling out like the body of a pitcher and contracted at the orifice, as a corolla.
urceolate
/ ˈɜːsɪəlɪt; -ˌleɪt /
adjective
- biology shaped like an urn or pitcher
an urceolate corolla
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Word History and Origins
Origin of urceolate1
1750–60; < New Latin urceolātus, equivalent to Latin urceol ( us ), diminutive of urceus pitcher + -ātus -ate 1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of urceolate1
C18: via New Latin urceolātus, from Latin urceolus diminutive of urceus a pitcher
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Example Sentences
Calyx urceolate, 3–5-toothed, becoming enlarged and saccate, contracted at the apex and enclosing the fruit.
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Shell smooth, urceolate with regular, circular pores of equal size, of about the same breadth as the bars.
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Shell smooth, urceolate, with very delicate and elegant network.
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Shell urceolate, smooth, thin-walled, one and a half times as long as broad.
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Shell broad, urceolate, smooth, with sharp collar stricture.
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