utricle noun. ['ju:trɪk(ǝ)l] M18.
[French utricule or Latin UTRICULUS.]
1. Botany. Any of various small bladder-like structures; esp. (a) a one-seeded indehiscent fruit with a thin inflated fruit, as in the goosefoot family; (b) = PERIGYNIUM 1; (c) any of the bladder-like appendages of a bladderwort. M18.

2. Anatomy & Zoology. A small cell, sac, or bladder-like process; spec. the larger of the two divisions of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear. E19.

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