nounWord forms: plurallocules or loculi (ˈlɒkjʊˌlaɪ)
1. botany
any of the chambers of an ovary or anther
2. biology
any small cavity or chamber
Word origin
C19: New Latin, from Latin: compartment, from locus place
Examples of 'locule' in a sentence
locule
The largest locule in the right side measured as 30 cm × 15 cm × 14 cm.
W. A. E. Udeshika, H. M. M. T. B. Herath, S. U. B. Dassanayake, S. P. Pahalagamage,Aruna Kulatunga 2018, 'A case report of giant pancreatic pseudocyst following acute pancreatitis: experiencewith endoscopic internal drainage', BMC Research Noteshttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-018-3375-9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The numerous ovules originate from axillary placentas, with two rows per locule.
Karin Esemann-Quadros, Ana Paula Mota, Gilberto Barbante Kerbauy, Miguel Pedro Guerra,Jean Pierre Henri Joseph Ducroquet, Rosete Pescador 2008, 'Estudo anatômico do crescimento do fruto em Acca sellowiana Berg. Anatomic study ofAcca sellowiana Berg. fruit growth', Revista Brasileira de Fruticulturahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-29452008000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
After callose dissolution, microspores were released into the anther locule and appeared to be normal.
C. Risso-Pascotto, M.S. Pagliarini, C.B. Valle, L. Jank 2005, 'Symmetric pollen mitosis I and suppression of pollen mitosis II prevent pollen developmentin Brachiaria jubata (Gramineae)', Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Researchhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2005001100006. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Regarding locule number, the presence of fruit with two, three, four and even with seven locules was detected.
Mariella Camargo Rocha, Leandro Simões Azeredo Gonçalves, Rosana Rodrigues, PaulaRenata Alves da Silva, Margarida Goréte Ferreira do Carmo, Antonio Carlos de SouzaAbboud 2010, 'Uso do algoritmo de Gower na determinação da divergência genética entre acessos detomateiro do grupo cereja = Using Gower's algorithm on the genetic divergence determinationamong cherry tomato accessions', Acta Scientiarum: Agronomyhttp://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciAgron/article/view/4888/4888. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Caleosins were released to the anther locule and further deposited onto the sculptures of the pollen exine.
Rodríguez-García María, Zienkiewicz Agnieszka, Zienkiewicz Krzysztof, Castro AntonioJ 2011, 'Characterization of a caleosin expressed during olive (Olea europaea L.)pollen ontogeny', BMC Plant Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2229/11/122. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In addition, small effects on yield due to soluble solids content and locule number were also observed.
Aurelio Hernández-Bautista, Ricardo Lobato-Ortiz, Serafín Cruz-Izquierdo, J. JesúsGarcía-Zavala, José Luis Chávez-Servia, Enrique Hernández-Leal, Olga Bonilla-Barrientos 2015, 'Fruit size QTLs affect in a major proportion the yield in tomato', Chilean Journal of Agricultural Researchhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-58392015000500004&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fruit (length, width, weight, and index), locule number, pericarp thickness, total soluble solids and fruit yield per plant were evaluated.
Danojević Dario, Medić-Pap Slađana, Savić Aleksandra, Červenski Janko 2016, 'Fruit traits of pepper genotypes originating from open pollination', Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvohttp://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/1821-3944/2016/1821-39441602069D.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The thick locule walls promote the swelling of pollen grains by retaining water in the locules.
Tsutomu Matsui, Kenji Omasa, Takeshi Horie 2001, 'Comparison between Anthers of two Rice (Oryza saliva L.) Cultivars with Toleranceto High Temperatures at Flowering or Susceptibility', Plant Production Sciencehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1626/pps.4.36. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)