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Synonyms loculus
Type of bodily cavity, cavity, cavum

Examples of locule

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The two separate locules on each side of an anther may fuse into a single locule.
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The ascospores mature successively on the tissue at the bottom of the locule.
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The asci develop successively on tissue at the base of the locule.
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Although there are two fused carpels, there is only one locule, and only one seed per fruit is formed.
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If the ovary is divided, with the ovules born on a line of placentation at the inner angle of each locule, this is axile placentation.
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If a syncarpous gynoecium has a single style and stigma and a single locule in the ovary, it may be necessary to examine the attached of the ovules.
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The scientists looked at where and when the gene is expressed and found it dramatically reduced in developing flower buds in plants with high locule numbers.
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More examples
  • A small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
  • (Locules) Chambers within the tomato's fruit that hold the seeds within a jelly-like substance. Most fruits have 2 or more chambers and large fruited varieties have as many as 10.
  • A spore-containing cavity, esp. one secondarily developed within a pseudothecial ascoma, or in the basidiomata of Lycoperdales and Sclerodermatales, or in many sequestrate agarics.
  • One of the seed chambers in the ovary or boll.
  • A cavity, in plants - usually referring to an ovary, cell, or anther.
  • Compartment or cavity of an ovary, anther or fruit.
  • A small chamber or cavity; a compartment of a plurilocular organ
  • A cavity within a fruit containing seeds.
  • A cavity or chamber. adj. loculate.