loculament
English
Etymology
Frm Latin loculamentum (“case, box”), from loculus (“a compartment”), diminutive of locus (“place”).
Noun
loculament (plural loculaments)
- (botany) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for loculament in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)