Definitions for loculicidal

loculicidal loc·u·li·cid·al

Spelling: [lok-yuh-luh-sahyd-l]
IPA: /ˌlɒk yə ləˈsaɪd l/

Loculicidal is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 250 anagrams from letters in loculicidal (accdiilllou).

Definitions for loculicidal

adjective

  1. (of a capsule) splitting lengthwise so as to divide each locule into two parts.

Origin of loculicidal

First recorded in 1810-20; locul(us) + -i- + -cidal

Examples for loculicidal

Capsule of Iris, with loculicidal dehiscence; below, cut across.

loculicidal (dehiscence), splitting down through the back of each cell, 123.

Pod globose (orange-color and berry-like), 3-celled, 3-valved, loculicidal.

Capsule usually 3-celled, loculicidal; seeds 1–many in each cell on the stout placental axis.

Capsule 2–3-celled, 2–3-valved, loculicidal, 3–several-seeded.

Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved, loculicidal, the partitions breaking away from the many-seeded axis.

Capsule 2-celled, loculicidal, with each axile placenta bearing 2–10 flattish seeds.

Capsule 3–5-celled with axile placent, loculicidal or circumscissile, many-seeded.

Capsule truncate, coriaceous, 3-lobed, loculicidal at the summit.

Capsule spheroidal, 1-7-lobed with loculicidal dehiscence, or with dessepiments formed from the turned-in edges of the valves.

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