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urceolate

[ ur-see-uh-lit, -leyt ]

/ ˈɜr si ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

shaped like a pitcher; swelling out like the body of a pitcher and contracted at the orifice, as a corolla.

Origin of urceolate

1750–60; < New Latin urceolātus, equivalent to Latin urceol(us), diminutive of urceus pitcher + -ātus -ate¹

Words nearby urceolate

urbanize, urbanology, urbi et orbi, urbiculture, urc, urceolate, urchin, urd, urdu, urdé, ure

Example sentences from the Web for urceolate

Shell smooth, urceolate or ovate, with three sharp strictures.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index |Ernst Haeckel
Shell smooth, thick-walled, urceolate, with obliterated collar stricture.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index |Ernst Haeckel
Shell broad, urceolate, smooth, with sharp collar stricture.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index |Ernst Haeckel
Calyx urceolate, 3–5-toothed, becoming enlarged and saccate, contracted at the apex and enclosing the fruit.

The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States |Asa Gray

Shell smooth, urceolate, with very delicate and elegant network.

Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index |Ernst Haeckel

British Dictionary definitions for urceolate

urceolate

/ (ˈɜːsɪəlɪt, -ˌleɪt) /

adjective

biology shaped like an urn or pitcher an urceolate corolla

Word Origin for urceolate

C18: via New Latin urceolātus, from Latin urceolus diminutive of urceus a pitcher