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bilocular

American  
[bahy-lok-yuh-ler] / baɪˈlɒk jə 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

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The simple spored rust first makes its appearance, and later the bilocular “mildew.”

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

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

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

In the Pucciniæi the distinctive features of the genera are based upon the more or less complex nature of the pseudospores, which are bilocular in Puccinia, trilocular in Triphragmium, multilocular in Phragmidium, &c.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

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

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

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

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