utricle

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Utricle, ū′tri-kl, n. a little bag, bladder, or cell.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Utricle thinnish, bursting or imperfectly circumscissile; flowers monœcious.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Utriculiferous leaf; enlarged about three times. l Upper part of lamina of leaf. b Utricle or bladder. n Neck of utricle. o Orifice. a Spirally wound arms, with their ends broken off.

From Insectivorous Plants by Darwin, Charles

Utricle thin, circumscissile, the top falling away as a lid; flowers polygamous.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Utricle, a small thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of Goosefoot, 121.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa