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Webster 1913 Edition


Loculament

Loc′u-la-ment

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Noun.
[L.
loculamentum
case, box, fr.
loculus
a compartment, dim. of
locus
place.]
(Bot.)
The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.

Webster 1828 Edition


Loculament

LOC'ULAMENT

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Noun.
[L. loculamentum, from locus, loculus.]
In botany, the cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged. A pericarp is unilocular, bilocular, &c.

Definition 2024


loculament

loculament

English

Noun

loculament (plural loculaments)

  1. (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.