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trilocular

American

[trahy-lok-yuh-ler] / traɪˈlɒk yə lər /

adjective

Botany, Zoology.

having three loculi, chambers, or cells.

trilocular British

/ traɪˈlɒkjʊlə /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of trilocular

First recorded in 1745–55; tri- + locular

Example Sentences

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

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

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.

From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)

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