Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UR'CE-O-LATE
UR'CE-O-LATE, a. [L. urceolus, urceus, a pitcher.]
In botany, shaped like a pitcher; swelling out like a pitcher, as respects the body, and contracted at the orifice; as a calyx or coral. Martyn. Lee.
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