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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.
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.