U-trĭc'ū-lar, a.

a. [Fr. utriculaire. See supra.]

1. Containing utricles; furnished with glandular vessels like small bags, as plants; utriculate.
2. Resembling a utricle or bag, whether large or minute;—said especially with reference to the condition of the condensed vapor of certain substances, as sulphur, selenium, &c., when deposited upon cold bodies, in which case it assumes the form of small globules filled with liquid.