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Word: Loculicidal
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 19th century; earliest use found in The Monthly Review. From classical Latin loculus + -cidal, after French loculicide
Definition:
Of a carpel, fruit, etc.: that dehisces through the back or dorsal suture of the locules, as opposed to splitting along the septa; designating or relating to dehiscence of this type.
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