loculicidal

[ lok-yuh-luh-sahyd-l ]

adjective

, Botany.

1. (of a capsule) splitting lengthwise so as to divide each locule into two parts.

Other Words From

• locu·li·cidal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of loculicidal¹

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

Example Sentences

Capsule usually 3-celled, loculicidal; seeds 1–many in each cell on the stout placental axis.

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Fruit a woody 3–5-celled loculicidal pod.

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Fruit a 5-celled loculicidal pod.

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Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, loculicidal, the partitions breaking away from the many-seeded axis.—Low homely annuals, much branched, the stipules obsolete.

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Capsule globose, depressed, 5-lobed, 5-celled, loculicidal, but the valves cohering with the columella.

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