1. Noun
A bladderlike vessel; a membranous cavity; a cyst; a cell.
2. Noun
A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf.
3. Noun
A small, and more or less circular, elevation of the cuticle, containing a clear watery fluid.
4. Noun
A cavity or sac, especially one filled with fluid; as, the umbilical vesicle.
5. Noun
A small convex hollow prominence on the surface of a shell or a coral.
6. Noun
A small cavity, nearly spherical in form, and usually of the size of a pea or smaller, such as are common in some volcanic rocks. They are produced by the liberation of watery vapor in the molten mass.
7. Noun
a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)
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