Definition of Locule. Meaning of Locule. Synonyms of Locule

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Definition of Locule

Locule
Locule Loc"ule, n. [Cf. F. locule. See Loculus.] (Zo["o]l.) A little hollow; a loculus.

Meaning of Locule from wikipedia

- A locule (pl.: locules) or loculus (Latin for 'little place'; pl.: loculi) is a small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an organism (animal...
- microsporangia. Most commonly anthers are two-lobed (each lobe is termed a locule) and are attached to the filament either at the base or in the middle area...
- on the floral apex. The chamber in which the ovules develop is called a locule (or sometimes cell). The style (from Ancient Gr**** στῦλος, stylos, meaning...
- inflated. Fruits of sedges are sometimes considered achenes although their one-locule ovary is a compound ovary. The fruit of the family Asteraceae is also so...
- superior, penta or multilocular with axile placentation, one ovule in each locule; style 1, p****ing through the staminal tube; stigma globular, correspond...
- In the secretory type a layer of tapetal cells remains around the anther locule, while in the plasmodial type the tapetal cell walls dissolve and their...
- Lycium). The number of ovules per locule also varies from a few (two pairs in each locule in Grabowskia, one pair in each locule in Lycium) and very occasionally...
- (flowering plants), the term locule (or cell) is used to refer to a chamber within the fruit. Depending on the number of locules in the ovary, fruit can be...
- cases both the septa and the walls of the locules split. Septicidal dehiscence. The septa between the locules of Ledum palustre capsules split as the fruit...
- filamentous hyphae into discrete cells in fungi. A partition that separates the locules of a fruit, anther, or sporangium. A coral septum is one of the radial...