Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

locule

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: locule
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A little hollow; a loculus.

noun

Any of the cells of a compound ovary of a plant; a loculus.

Etymology

Compare French locule. See loculus.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Medicine.

Inflected Forms

locules (plural)

Derived Forms

ascolocular bilocular loculed

Synonyms

loculus

Questions

What does locule mean?: A little hollow; a loculus.
Where does locule come from?: Compare French locule. See loculus.

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