Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Longitudinally dehiscent along the capsule wall between the partitions of the locule, as in the fruits of irises and lilies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, dehiscing through the back of the loculus or cell of a seed-vessel—that is, by the dorsal suture of the carpel. Compare
septicidal .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; -- said of capsules.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective botany
dehiscent through the middle of the back of eachcell ; said ofcapsules
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[locul(us) + Latin -cīda, one who cuts; see –cide + –al.]
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Latin loculus cell + caedere to cut: compare French loculicide.
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Examples
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Capsule spheroidal, 1-7-lobed with loculicidal dehiscence, or with dessepiments formed from the turned-in edges of the valves.
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Seed vessel the size of a pea, globose, 3-celled, loculicidal, with pulpy seeds.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines Jerome Beers Thomas 1891
hernesheir commented on the word loculicidal
Compare septicidal and poricidal.
February 22, 2013