Locule Definition

lŏkyo͝ol
locules, loculi
noun
locules
A small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an animal or plant, as any of the cavities within a plant ovary.
American Heritage Medicine

(zoology) A little hollow; a loculus.

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Other Word Forms of Locule

Noun

Singular:
locule
Plural:
locules

Origin of Locule

  • Latin loculus little place diminutive of locus place

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Compare French locule. See loculus.

    From Wiktionary

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LLOLOC

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ELEULE

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