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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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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 William Griffith

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

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

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 Jerome Beers Thomas

Biareolate: with two cells or areoles: see bilocular.

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

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

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