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

Derived Forms

• loculicidally
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of loculicidal

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

Example Sentences

Capsule 2-celled, loculicidal, with each axile placenta bearing 2–10 flattish seeds. b.

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

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

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

Diagram of septifragal dehiscence of the loculicidal type.

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

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.

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

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