locule

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Etymology

Compare French locule. See loculus.

Noun

locule (plural locules)

(zoology) A little hollow; a loculus.
(botany) Any of the cells of a compound ovary of a plant.

References

“locule”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Cuello, leucol

French

Noun

locule m (plural locules)

locule, loculus

Further reading

“locule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Noun

locule

vocative singular of loculus

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