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Webster 1913 Edition
Utricular
U-tric′u-lar
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
utriculaire
.] 1.
Of or pertaining to a utricle, or utriculus; containing, or furnished with, a utricle or utricles; utriculate;
as, a
. utricular
plant2.
Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute; – said especially with reference to the condition of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, etc., when condensed from the vaporous state and deposited upon cold bodies, in which case they assume the form of small globules filled with liquid.
Webster 1828 Edition
Utricular
UTRIC'ULAR
,Adj.
Definition 2024
utricular
utricular
English
Adjective
utricular (comparative more utricular, superlative most utricular)
- Of, pertaining to, or having utricles
- 1848, Samuel Frederick Gray, Gray's Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia
- […] pericarp drupaceous, or baccate, 1—4 nuts (pyrena), which are sometimes enclosed in an utricular membrane […]
- 1848, Samuel Frederick Gray, Gray's Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia
Translations
Of, pertaining to, or having utricles
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