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trilocular, a. Nat. Hist.|traɪˈlɒkjʊlə(r)|
[f. tri- + L. locul-us small receptacle, dim. of locus place + -ar1.]
Having three cells or compartments, as the capsule of a plant, or the heart of a reptile. Also triˈloculate a. (Cent. Dict. 1891).
1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Capsule,..sometimes contains only one cell or cavity, sometimes more;..called unilocular;..bilocular, trilocular. 1785Martyn Rousseau's Bot. xvi. (1794) 185 Ipomæa has..a trilocular capsule. 1845Lindley Sch. Bot. i. (1858) 16 [The pistil] is either bilocular, trilocular, multilocular, or otherwise. 1861Hulme tr. Moquin-Tandon ii. ii. 54 Amphibia... Their heart, trilocular or bilocular. |