Locule

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A little hollow; a loculus.
  2. 2
    a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal wordnet
  3. 3
    Any of the cells of a compound ovary of a plant; a loculus.

Etymology

Compare French locule. See loculus.

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