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A small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal
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locule
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n. a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal [syn: loculus ]
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A locule (plural locules ) or loculus (plural loculi ) (meaning "little place" in Latin) is a small cavity or compartment within an organ or part of an organism ( animal , plant , or fungus ). In angiosperms ( flowering plants ), the term locule usually ...
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Locule \Loc"ule\, n. [Cf. F. locule. See Loculus .] (Zo["o]l.) A little hollow; a loculus.
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n. (context zoology English) A little hollow; a loculus.