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bilocular

American  
[bahy-lok-yuh-ler] / baɪˈlɒk yə lər /
Also biloculate

adjective

Biology.
  1. divided into two chambers or containing two compartments internally.


bilocular British  
/ baɪˈlɒkjʊlə /

adjective

  1. biology divided into two chambers or cavities

    some flowering plants have bilocular ovaries

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of bilocular

First recorded in 1775–85; bi- 1 + locular

Example Sentences

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Anthers inserted near the apex of the tube, short, fleshy, bilocular.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Fruit dicarpillary, stigmata four, hence they are placentary not costoid. bilocular, loculis dispermis, ovula 2 pend; 1 abortiv. semiunceum, testa vix arillus obsacuit clause lutescens carnosa et ab nuclei inter adhæren. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

Nov. 21st.—Halted at Ghaloom’s, the Rafflesiacea is found all about, anth. bilocular, apice poro-gemino dehiscent, pollen simplex, materie viscosa cohærenti, ovula antitropa, tegumento unico. 

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William

Stamens 5, inserted on the throat of the corolla, filaments joined to form a very short tube with anthers straight, short and crowned by a membranous bilocular appendix.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Biareolate: with two cells or areoles: see bilocular.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

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