locellate

\\lōˈse(ˌ)lāt, -_lə̇t\ adjective

Etymology: New Latin locellus + English -ate

: divided into locelli — often used in combination

a bilocellate ovary

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locellate /lō-selˈāt/ (botany)

adjective

Divided into small compartments

ORIGIN: L locellus, dimin of locus a place

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locellate, a. Bot.

(ləʊˈsɛleɪt)

[ad. mod.L. locellāt-us, f. L. locellus.]

Divided into locelli.

Gray Struct. Bot. 419/1.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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Locellate — Lo*cel late, a. [L. locellus a compartment, dim. of locus a place.] (Bot.) Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
locellate — adjective Divided into secondary compartments or cells, as where one cavity is separated into several smaller ones … Wiktionary
locellate — lo·cel·late … English syllables
locellus — n. (pl. li ) compartment of cell. ♦ locellate, a. divided into locelli … Dictionary of difficult words

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