[f. L. ūtricul-us small leathern bag, UTRICULUS1 + -AR1. Cf. F. utriculaire.]
1. Of the nature of, resembling or like, a utricle.
1760. J. Lee, Introd. Bot., III. xviii. (1765), 211. Utricular, like little Bottles.
1775. Ellis, in Phil. Trans., LXVI. 8. The Gorgonia … has no series of utricular vessels, as the transverse vessels of wood are called by Malpighi.
1822. J. Parkinson, Outl. Oryctol., 92. The bottle encrinite, possessing a utricular form.
1856. W. Clark, Van der Hoeven’s Zool., I. 184. Body utricular, roundish, marked with transverse rugæ.
1858. [see UTRICLE1 3].
1881. Bentham, in Jrnl. Linn. Soc., XVIII. 367. A single utricular glume enclosing the flower.
2. Composed of utricles or small bladders.
1835. Lindley, Introd. Bot. (ed. 2), 5. Cellular, Utricular, or Vesicular tissue, generally, consists of little bladders … adhering together in masses.
1849. Henfrey, in Rep. & Papers Bot. (Ray Soc.), 163. In such cases the cavities appear like utricles. This utricular structure [etc.].
