unilocular

American  

[yoo-nuh-lok-yuh-ler] / ˌju nəˈlɒk jə lər /

adjective

Biology.

1. having or consisting of only one loculus, chamber, or cell.

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unilocular British  

/ ˌjuːnɪˈlɒkjʊlə /

adjective

1. (esp of a plant ovary or anther) having or consisting of a single chamber or cavity

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Etymology

Origin of unilocular

First recorded in 1745–55; uni- + locular

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Example Sentences

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unilocular

It may have one cell or cavity, being unilocular; or many, multilocular, &c.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Stamens numerous, united at the base in 5 bundles, free above, bearing unilocular anthers.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Jerome Beers Thomas

As the fruit develops, the soft tissue of the septa extends between the single seeds; the ripe fruit is thus unilocular and many-seeded.

From Cocoa and Chocolate Their History from Plantation to Consumer by Arthur William Knapp

The largest class are the unilocular, or simple, external galls, divided by Lacaze-Duthiers into those with and those without a superficial protective layer or rind, and composed of hard, or spongy, or cellular tissue.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various

The true place of Moringa seems to be near Xanthophyllum with which genus it has some remarkable points of resemblance, witness the papilionaceous corolla; unilocular stamina, their situation, ovary, placentation, and lastly glandulation.

From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by William Griffith

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