- A
locule (pl.:
locules) or
loculus (Latin for 'little place'; pl.: loculi) is a
small cavity or
compartment within an
organ or part of an
organism (animal...
- two
locules, one
locule of a
stamen may fail to develop, or
alternatively the two
locules may
merge late in
development to give a
single locule. Extreme...
- on the
floral apex. The
chamber in
which the
ovules develop is
called a
locule (or
sometimes cell). The
style (from
Ancient Gr**** στῦλος, stylos, meaning...
- inflated.
Fruits of
sedges are
sometimes considered achenes although their one-
locule ovary is a
compound ovary. The
fruit of the
family Asteraceae is also so...
- Lycium). The
number of
ovules per
locule also
varies from a few (two
pairs in each
locule in Grabowskia, one pair in each
locule in Lycium) and very occasionally...
- to
twenty one "faces" (Sanskrit: मुख, romanized: mukha, lit. 'face') or
locules –
naturally ingrained longitudinal lines which divide the
stone into segments...
- (flowering plants), the term
locule (or cell) is used to
refer to a
chamber within the fruit.
Depending on the
number of
locules in the ovary,
fruit can be...
- The
fruit contains locules,
hollow spaces full of seeds.
These vary
among cultivated varieties. Some
smaller varieties have two
locules; globe-shaped varieties...
-
cases of
stamen fusion forming a ring
around the gynoecium, with a
single locule. Schrader, H.A. (1831)
Index Seminum (Göttingen) 1831: 2. Schaefer, H. &...
-
covered by a hard,
thick rind with soft
flesh inside, and
seeds filling each
locule.
Melons are good
examples of this. Also
known as citruses, Hesperidiums...
