Bot. splitting open along the midribs of the carpels of which it is formed: said of a capsule
Origin of loculicidal
from loculus + -i- + -cidalloculicidal
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loculicidal
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BotanyLongitudinally dehiscent along the capsule wall between the partitions of the locule, as in the fruits of irises and lilies.
Origin of loculicidal
locul(us) Latin -cīda one who cuts ; see -cide . -al 1THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Adjective
(not comparable)
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