multilocular

English

Etymology

By surface analysis, multi- +‎ locule +‎ -ar.

Adjective

multilocular (comparative more multilocular, superlative most multilocular)

  1. Having multiple or many locules or loculi (chambers, cells, or compartments).
    Synonyms: multiloculate, multiloculated, plurilocular
    Coordinate terms: unilocular, uniloculate; bilocular, biloculate
    • 1882, Edward Tuckerman, ‎Henry Willey, A Synopsis of the North American Lichens (part 1)
      Apothecia lecanoroid; multilocular; each cell containing a single theke; paraphyses deficient.

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