unilocular
/yoo-nuh-lok-yuh-ler/US // ˌyu nəˈlɒk yə lər //UK // (ˌjuːnɪˈlɒkjʊlə) //
单眼皮,单声道,单眼球,单眼的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Biology.
- : having or consisting of only one loculus, chamber, or cell.
Examples
It may have one cell or cavity, being unilocular; or many, multilocular, &c.
The follicle is a dry unilocular many-seeded fruit, formed from one carpel and dehiscing by the ventral suture.
Unilocular, ū-ni-lok′ū-lar, adj. having but one loculus or cavity, as the heart of an amphioxus.
Ovary rudimentary in the male flower; unilocular and uniovulate in the female.
Pistillate: the receptacle dilates in its lower part in form of a globose vase and encloses the unilocular pluriovulate ovary.
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