See Also: loculicidal(medicine)
loculicidal(dictionary)

loculicidal (iou)



loculicidal adjective. E19.
[from Latin LOCULUS + -I- + caedere, -cid- to cut (cf. -CIDE) + -AL1.]
Botany. (Of the dehiscence of a fruit) occurring through the back or dorsal suture of the loculus; (of a carpel of fruit) that undergoes such dehiscence. Cf. SEPTICIDAL.
loculicidally adverb M19.