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utriculus

ūtrĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. uter],
  • a small skin or leathern bottle, Cels. 2, 17; Ap. Met. 1, 13, 13.
ū̆trĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [uterus].
  • Lit., in gen., the belly, abdomen, of bees, Plin. 11, 12, 12, § 31.—
    • B Esp., a little womb or matrix, Plin. 11, 37, 84, § 209; 30, 14, 43, § 124.—
  • II Transf., of plants, a bud or calycle of a flower, a hull or husk of grain, Plin. 16, 25, 39, § 94; 18, 11, 29, § 115.

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