urceolate

1. 1.

   urn-shaped; large below and contracted toward the mouth

   biology

Questions about urceolate

What does urceolate mean?

urceolate means "urn-shaped; large below and contracted toward the mouth".

How many syllables are in urceolate?

urceolate has 4 syllables and divides as ur-ce-o-late under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is urceolate a common word?

urceolate is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.