locule
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yul noun Biology.
a small compartment or chamber, as the pollen-containing cavity within an anther.
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locule or loculus (ˈlɒkjuːl, ˈlɒkjʊləs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl locules, loculi | |
| 1. | botany any of the chambers of an ovary or anther |
| 2. | biology any small cavity or chamber |
| [C19: New Latin, from Latin: compartment, from locus place] | |
| loculus or loculus (ˈlɒkjuːl, ˈlɒkjʊləs, ˈlɒkjʊˌlaɪ) | |
| —n | |
| [C19: New Latin, from Latin: compartment, from locus place] | |
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Medical Dictionary
locule loc·ule (lŏk'y&oomacr;l) or loc·u·lus (-yə-ləs)
n.
A small cavity or compartment within an organ or a part of an animal.
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Science Dictionary
locule (lŏk'y l) Pronunciation Key
A small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an animal or plant, as any of the cavities within a plant ovary in which the ovules develop. |
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Example sentences
Melons were cut in half longitudinally and heart and locule tissues were sampled.
The tapetum is a nutritive cell layer that lines the locule containing the developing microsporocytes.
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