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 Asa Gray

Capsule rather fleshy, globular, bursting irregularly or loculicidal.

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 Asa Gray

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 Asa Gray

Capsule globose, depressed, 5-lobed, 5-celled, loculicidal, but the valves cohering with the columella.

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 Asa Gray

Fruit a small, loculicidal 2-seeded pod, usually rounded and notched at the apex, much flattened contrary to the very narrow partition.

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 Asa Gray