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.

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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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Examples 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 pitcheran urceolate corolla

Word Origin for urceolate

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

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