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utricle

/yoo-tri-kuhl/US // ˈyu trɪ kəl //UK // (ˈjuːtrɪkəl) //

胞衣,郧阳区,胞弟,郧县

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
    • : Botany. a thin bladderlike pericarp or seed vessel.
    • : Anatomy. the larger of two sacs in the membranous labyrinth of the internal ear.Compare saccule.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • In the latter case, it forms an inner cell to the cell-wall, and is called the primordial utricle.

  • The terms protoplasm and primordial utricle are, however, used by some authors synonymously.

  • The fruit is a membranous one-seeded utricle often enclosed by the persistent calyx.

  • Fruit a perfectly or incompletely 3-celled many-seeded capsule, or a 1-celled 1-seeded utricle.

  • Utricle bursting irregularly, enclosing an oblong longitudinally ribbed seed (or nutlet).