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urceolate
[ ur-see-uh-lit, -leyt ]
/ ˈɜr si ə lɪt, -ˌleɪt /
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adjective
shaped like a pitcher; swelling out like the body of a pitcher and contracted at the orifice, as a corolla.
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Origin of urceolate
1750–60; <New Latin urceolātus, equivalent to Latin urceol(us), diminutive of urceus pitcher + -ātus-ate1
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urceolate
/ (ˈɜːsɪəlɪt, -ˌleɪt) /
adjective
biology shaped like an urn or pitcheran urceolate corolla
Word Origin for urceolate
C18: via New Latin urceolātus, from Latin urceolus diminutive of urceus a pitcher
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