释义 |
loculicidal, a. Bot.|ˌlɒkjʊlɪˈsaɪdəl| [f. L. locul-us, dim. of locus place + cīd-, cædĕre to cut + -al1.] Of a carpel, etc.: That dehisces through the back or dorsal suture of the loculus.
1819Lindley Richards' Observ. Fruits & Seeds 85 Loculicidal; when dehiscence takes place by the middle of the cells. 1830― Nat. Syst. Bot. 33 Dehiscence either loculicidal or septicidal. Ibid. 134 Capsule..with 3 loculicidal valves. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora (1884) 75 Loculicidal crustaceous or coriaceous carpels. Hence loculiˈcidally adv.
1847W. E. Steele Field Bot. 175 Caps. separable into 3 pieces, sometimes dehiscing loculicidally. 1870Hooker Stud. Flora 46 Polygala..Capsule compressed, loculicidally splitting along the edges. Ibid. (1884) 413 Berry indehiscent or loculicidally 4-5-valved. |