utricular
Americanadjective
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pertaining to or of the nature of a utricle; baglike.
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having a utricle or utricles.
Etymology
Origin of utricular
Example Sentences
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Styles, ovaries, and utricular 1–2-seeded capsules 2, distinct.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Napier believes that the ovaries secrete specialized substances which aid in determining menstruation; and that in a less degree the utricular glands and the glands of the Fallopian tubes share in this action.
From The Four Epochs of Woman's Life; a study in hygiene by Galbraith, Anna M. (Anna Mary)
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