Ur'çe-ō-lāte, a.

adjective

a. [N. Lat. urceolatus, from Lat. urceolus, diminutive of urceus, a pitcher or water-pot; Fr. urcéolé.] (Bot. & Conch.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contracted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla.

An urn-shaped flower or vessel with a narrow opening and a rounded body tapering to a short base. — Urceolate.