trilocular

[ trahy-lok-yuh-ler ]

adjective

, Botany, Zoology.

1. having three loculi, chambers, or cells.

trilocular

/ traɪˈlɒkjʊlə /

adjective

1. (esp of a plant ovary or anther) having or consisting of three chambers or cavities

Word History and Origins

Origin of trilocular¹

First recorded in 1745–55; tri- + locular

Word History and Origins

Origin of trilocular¹

C18: from tri- + Latin loculus compartment (from locus place) + -ar

Example Sentences

Each cone consists of an axis, on which numerous broad and thin bracts are arranged in regular rows; in the axil of each bract occurs a single flower; a male flower is enclosed by two opposite pairs of leaves, forming a perianth surrounding a central sterile ovule encircled by a ring of stamens united below, but free distally as short filaments, each of which terminates in a trilocular anther.

From Project Gutenberg

In the coco-nut, a trilocular and triovular ovary produces a one-celled, one-seeded fruit.

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Trilocular, three-celled, as the pistils or pods in fig. 328-330.

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In the Pucciniæi the distinctive features of the genera are based upon the more or less complex nature of the pseudospores, which are bilocular in Puccinia, trilocular in Triphragmium, multilocular in Phragmidium, &c.

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