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Definition of Locule
1. Noun. A small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal.
Definition of Locule
1. n. A little hollow; a loculus.
Definition of Locule
1. Noun. (zoology) A little hollow; a loculus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Locule
1. loculus [n -S] : LOCULED [adj] - See also: loculus
Medical Definition of Locule
1. A compartment of an anther or an ovary. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Locule
Literary usage of Locule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"ity in the number of ovules per locule and per fruit are somewhat more complicated
than those for mean number, so the reader need not be burdened with ..."
2. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"Lengthwise sect ion through a young pistil of Corn to show the locule and ovule.
... In Red Clover, shown in Figure 40, there is one locule and two ovules. ..."
3. Botany for Agricultural Students by John Nathan Martin (1919)
"Peas, the ovary has one locule enclosing a number of ovules. In A of Figure 39,
showing a lengthwise section through the flower of the Pea, one side of the ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Compound pistil inferior, of two (rarely three or more) united carpels with a
single ovule in each locule. Seeds with endosperm. ..."
5. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"Ovules few in each locule; seeds not winged. DD. Fis. pedicelled; sepals persistent
0. Thea. D. Fla. sessile; sepals deciduous 8. Camellia. 34. ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.), Royal Society of Victoria (1893)
"... constricted in the middle, each cell containing a globular locule, '004 to -012
x '0(12 to DUG mm. Hab. on the horizontal surface of decaying ..."
7. Lessons with Plants: Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"locule is anglicized from loculus, diminutive of Latin locus, "a place." . ...
Each one contains but a single locule, and ripens but a single seed KIO. ..."
8. First Lessons with Plants: Being an Abridgement of "Lessons with Plants by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1898)
"75. In the hepatica Figs/ 42, 43), there are several distinct pistils in a head.
Each one contains but a single locule, and ripens but a single seed FIG. ..."
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