loculicidal

American  

[lok-yuh-luh-sahyd-l] / ˌlɒk yə 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

Capsule obovate, contracted at base, 3-valved, loculicidal.

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Capsule rather fleshy, globular, bursting irregularly or loculicidal.

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Capsule oblong or obovate, 3-angled, loculicidal, 3-valved, with several black roundish seeds in each cell.—Scape and linear leaves from a coated bulb; the flowers in a simple raceme, mostly bracted, on jointed pedicels.

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Pod mostly 5-celled, loculicidal, leaving scarcely any axis in the centre after opening.

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

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