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loculous

loculous is the alternative form of loculose.

loculous is the misspelling of loculus.

Meaning of loculose

Adjective

loculose (comparative more loculose, superlative most loculose)

  1. Divided by locules (internal partitions inside cells).
    • The pith of the pokeweed is loculose.

Meaning of loculus

Noun

loculus (plural loculi)

  1. A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
  2. In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn.
  3. One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
  4. One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary.
    Synonyms:
    locule, loculament

Questions about loculous

What is loculous the alternative form of?
Loculous is the alternative form of loculose.

Words near loculous in the dictionary

  1. loculicidally
  2. loculoascomycete
  3. loculoascomycetes
  4. loculoascomycetous
  5. loculose
  6. loculous
  7. loculus
  8. locum
  9. locum tenency
  10. locum tenens
  11. locum tenentes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: loculous (page history and authors); loculose (page history and authors); loculus (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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