Loculus

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Loculus \Loc"u*lus\, n.; pl. {Loculi}. [L., little place, a
     compartment.]
     1. (Zool.) One of the spaces between the septa in the
        Anthozoa.
        [1913 Webster]
  


     2. (Bot.) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary;
        loculament.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  loculus
       n : a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or
           animal [syn: {locule}]
       [also: {loculi} (pl)]