locules in English

noun
1
each of a number of small separate cavities, especially in an ovary.
Other morphological characters, such as the low number of stamens or ovary locules , and the sometimes rather unspecialized nectarial bracts, could also point towards a close relationship between these two genera.
noun
    loculus

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1. The two locules of the ovary each contain many seeds.

2. Cavernous sinus gas locules can be seen in several settings.

3. Locules are chambers within the ovary of the flower and fruits.

4. The locules contain the ovules (seeds), and may or may not be filled with fruit flesh.

5. But the ovary in Picramnia has (sometimes 2), usually 3 to 4 locules and there are always two ovules in each locule.

6. Cotton boll heavily infested with pink Bollworms; one or more boll locules may be damaged depending on the number of pink Bollworm larvae or the incidence of boll rotting organisms.