utricles
plural of utricle
• curliest, rusticle
Source: Wiktionary
U"tri*cle, n. Etym: [L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle, dim. of uter, utris, a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide: cf. F. utricule.]
1. A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot. Gray.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: A utriculus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 June 2025
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
