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Definition of "loculicidal" []

  • Botany Longitudinally dehiscent along the capsule wall between the partitions of the locule, as in the fruits of irises and lilies. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "loculicidal" in a sentence
  • "Capsule spheroidal, 1-7-lobed with loculicidal dehiscence, or with dessepiments formed from the turned-in edges of the valves."
  • "Seed vessel the size of a pea, globose, 3-celled, loculicidal, with pulpy seeds."