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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
plant
.
2.
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.
Containing utricles; furnished with glandular vessels like small bags; as plants.

Definition 2024


utricular

utricular

English

Adjective

utricular (comparative more utricular, superlative most utricular)

  1. 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 []

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