bilocular

American  

[bahy-lok-yuh-ler] / baɪˈlɒk yə lər /

Also biloculate

adjective

Biology.

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

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bilocular British  

/ baɪˈlɒkjʊlə /

adjective

1. biology divided into two chambers or cavities

   some flowering plants have bilocular ovaries

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Etymology

Origin of bilocular

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

Example Sentences

The fruit is quadrangular, bilocular, with two kernels, which on analysis yield an active principle for which the name "Johaneseine" is proposed.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 315, January 14, 1882 by Various

Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

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

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

Thus in Campanula a five-cleft stigma indicates five carpels; in Bignoniaceae, Scrophulariaceae and Acanthaceae, the two-lobed or bilamellar stigma indicates a bilocular ovary.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

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