adjective
- divided into or containing locules (small compartments or chambers)
Usage: botanical and biological term; also spelled 'loculated'
Examples
- The loculed fruit of the tomato plant contains multiple seed chambers.
- A loculed ovary in flowering plants is divided into distinct compartments.
- The insect's loculed abdomen showed clear segmentation under the microscope.
- Botanists examined the loculed structure of the seed pod to classify the species.