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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.

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Origin of urceolate

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

Words nearby urceolate

Urban VIII, urban wind, urbiculture, urbi et orbi, URC, urceolate, urchin, urd, urdé, Urdu, URE
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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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