urceolate

American

[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.

urceolate British

/ ˈɜːsɪəlɪt, -ˌleɪt /

adjective

biology shaped like an urn or pitcher

an urceolate corolla

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Etymology

Origin of urceolate

1750–60; < New Latin urceolātus, equivalent to Latin urceol ( us ), diminutive of urceus pitcher + -ātus -ate ¹

Example Sentences

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Cells urceolate; deeply emarginate posteriorly, entire in front, ventricose below; a small pedunculate infundibuliform process attached in front to the projecting portion of the rachis on a level with upper border of the cell.

From Project Gutenberg

Cells urceolate, much contracted towards the mouth; upper half free, divergent, projecting laterally almost horizontally; mouth small elliptical, with the long axis looking directly outwards; two lateral teeth.

From Project Gutenberg

Cells urceolate, ventricose below, contracted towards the mouth.

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