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.

Origin of urceolate

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

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Historical Examples of urceolate

Shell smooth, urceolate with regular, circular pores of equal size, of about the same breadth as the bars.
Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index
Ernst Haeckel
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
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
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 annulate, thick-walled, urceolate, with slight collar stricture.
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

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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