noun
- small chambers or compartments within a plant structure, especially in fruits, anthers, or ovaries
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The orange has multiple locules containing the juice and seeds.
- Each locule of the capsule contained several small seeds.
- The botanist examined the locules within the flower’s ovary.
- The fruit’s locules were clearly visible when cut in cross-section.
- Tomatoes typically have two to four locules filled with seeds and gel.
- The anther’s locules split open to release pollen grains.