loculicidal

American  

[lok-yuh-luh-sahyd-l] / ˌlɒk jə ləˈsaɪd l /

adjective

Botany.

1. (of a capsule) splitting lengthwise so as to divide each locule into two parts.

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Other Word Forms

• loculicidally
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of loculicidal

First recorded in 1810–20; locul(us) + -i- + -cidal

Example Sentences

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loculicidal

Capsule cylindrical-oblong, attenuate upward and bearing the slightly lobed sessile stigma, loculicidal, many-seeded.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

The capsules of Rue, Spurge, and some others, are both loculicidal and septicidal, and so split into half-carpellary valves or pieces.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Seed vessel the size of a pea, globose, 3-celled, loculicidal, with pulpy seeds.

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

Capsule truncate, coriaceous, 3-lobed, loculicidal at the summit.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Capsule spheroidal, 1-7-lobed with loculicidal dehiscence, or with dessepiments formed from the turned-in edges of the valves.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.