Urceole

Definitions

1. A vessel for water or washing the hands in Roman Catholicism.
2. A disc in the center of a flower, often resembling a thickening of the corolla, which holds the carpels.

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Examples

“He was next divested of the alb or surplice, and also of the maniple (otherwise called the fanon or fannel), a kind of scarf worn on the left wrist, to denote his degradation from the order⟳ of sub-deaconship; after that he surrendered, as acolyte, the candlestick, taper, and small pitcher called urceole; as exorcist, the book of exorcisms; as reader, the lectionary or book of daily lessons; and, as sexton, the surplice of that office and the key of the church-door.”

“Stamineal urceole 10-15-toothed, with 5-10 of the teeth obtuse and sterile, and the 5 remaining ones alternate and monantherous.”

“The common Lady's Mantle is now considered to include⟳ 10 species based chiefly on the distribution of hairiness, the shape⟳ of the leaf and the fruit or urceole.”

“The numerous structures lying on the floor of the ovarian cavity have⟳ been interpreted in the past as carpels (Stapf, 1894; Baehni, 1937, 1938) or as female flowers (Hutchinson, 1926) while the urceole has been regarded as an overdeveloped "disc" or receptacle (Stapf, l.e.), a receptacle resembling a thick corolla (Hutchinson, l.e) and corolla (Baehni, l.c).”

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