urceolate

[ ur-see-uh-lit, -leyt ]

adjective

1. shaped like a pitcher; swelling out like the body of a pitcher and contracted at the orifice, as a corolla.

urceolate

/ ˈɜːsɪəlɪt; -ˌleɪt /

adjective

1. biology shaped like an urn or pitcher

   an urceolate corolla

Word History and Origins

Origin of urceolate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of urceolate¹

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

Example Sentences

Cells urceolate, ventricose below, contracted towards the mouth.

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; 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