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Webster 1913 Edition

Utricle

U′tri-cle

,
Noun.
[L.
utriculus
a little womb, a calycle, dim. of
uter
,
utris
, a bag or bottle made of an animal’s hide: cf. F.
utricule
.]
1.
A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.
2.
(Physiol.)
A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.
3.
(Bot.)
A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot.
Gray.
4.
(Anat.)
A utriculus.

Webster 1828 Edition

Utricle

U'TRICLE

,
Adj.
[L. utriculus, a little bag or bottle.]
1.
A little bag or bladder; a little cell; a reservoir in plants to receive the sap.
2.
A capsule of one cell, and containing a solitary seed, often very thin and semitransparent, constantly destitute of valves, and falling with the seed.

Definition 2024

utricle

utricle

English

Noun

utricle ‎(plural utricles)

  1. (anatomy) One of two otolith organs located in the vertebrate inner ear (the other being the saccule).
  2. (anatomy) The prostatic utricle (a small indentation found in the male prostate).
  3. (botany) A dry fruit similar to an achene, found in the beet and dock plants.

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