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Webster 1913 Edition


Urceolate

Ur′ce-o-late

,
Adj.
[L.
urceolus
, dim. of
urceus
a pitcher or waterpot.]
(Nat. Hist.)
Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contracted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla.

Webster 1828 Edition


Urceolate

UR'CEOLATE

,
Adj.
[L. urceolus, urceus, a pitcher.
In botany, shaped like a pitcher; swelling out like a pitcher; as a calyx or corol.