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Definition of Locules
1. locule [n] - See also: locule
Lexicographical Neighbors of Locules
Literary usage of Locules
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)
"Change in Number of locules per Ovary due to Selective Elimination.—Normally in
Staphylea the fruit is three-celled, but not infrequently (in some ..."
2. Botany, with Agricultural Applications by John Nathan Martin (1920)
"Although pistils vary much in number of carpels, length of styles, and in number
of locules and ovules, there is uniformity in organization and adaptation ..."
3. Botany for Agricultural Students by John Nathan Martin (1919)
"B, much en- called locule, which contains many showing the locules and ...
Point out the locules and pollen grains. Notice that two of the locules have ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Pistil inferior, composed of three or sometimes more, united pistils; with one
or sometimes several locules. Seeds usually many, mostly without endosperm. ..."
5. Report by New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Botanical Dept (1908)
"will present a uniform surface upon the outside, provided the locules are many
and, therefore, small. A large "pear" (even though the wall is quite thick, ..."
6. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1894)
"There are iu this at least seven locules, varying in size, and separated from
one another ... Iu that manner all the locules communicate with one another. ..."
7. Lessons with Plants: Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"We have found, then, that the dehiscence of the anther locules is various, ...
We have seen that there are commonly two locules, and in the water-lily (Fig. ..."
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