locellusn.

Brit.

/lə(ʊ)ˈsɛləs/, U.S.

/loʊˈsɛləs/

Inflections: Plural locelli.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin locellus, loculus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin locellus (1818 or earlier), specific use of classical Latin locellus small box, casket, diminutive formation (in -ellus -ellus suffix) on loculus small space (see loculus n.). Compare earlier loculus n. 2.

Chiefly Botany.

A secondary cell; a subcompartment, esp. that of an anther or ovary.

ΚΠ

1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants I. 158 Locellus. The particular cavity in which each anther or pollen mass is lodged.

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Locelli, Loculi, the peridia of certain fungals.

1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 419/1 Locellus, a secondary cell, as where a proper cell (loculus) of an anther or an ovary is divided by a partition into two cavities.

1931 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 58 363 Locelli or valves arranged in a square or with the two lower ones somewhat divergent.

2011 M. C. Sheahan in K. Kubitzki Families & Genera Vascular Plants X. 426/1 At maturity, first the four seeds of the middle locellus are released while the lateral seeds are still in their locelli.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	locellus
释义	locellusn. Brit. /lə(ʊ)ˈsɛləs/, U.S. /loʊˈsɛləs/ Inflections: Plural locelli. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin locellus, loculus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin locellus (1818 or earlier), specific use of classical Latin locellus small box, casket, diminutive formation (in -ellus -ellus suffix) on loculus small space (see loculus n.). Compare earlier loculus n. 2. Chiefly Botany. A secondary cell; a subcompartment, esp. that of an anther or ovary. ΚΠ 1821 S. F. Gray Nat. Arrangem. Brit. Plants I. 158 Locellus. The particular cavity in which each anther or pollen mass is lodged. 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Locelli, Loculi, the peridia of certain fungals. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Bot. 419/1 Locellus, a secondary cell, as where a proper cell (loculus) of an anther or an ovary is divided by a partition into two cavities. 1931 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 58 363 Locelli or valves arranged in a square or with the two lower ones somewhat divergent. 2011 M. C. Sheahan in K. Kubitzki Families & Genera Vascular Plants X. 426/1 At maturity, first the four seeds of the middle locellus are released while the lateral seeds are still in their locelli. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1821
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