Associations to the word «Loculus»

Wiktionary

LOCULUS, noun. A little place or space; a cell; a chamberlet.
LOCULUS, noun. In ancient catacombs and tombs of some types, a small separate chamber or recess cut into the rock, for the reception of a body or urn.
LOCULUS, noun. (zoology) One of the spaces between the septa in the Anthozoa.
LOCULUS, noun. (botany) One of the compartments of a several-celled ovary; loculament.

Dictionary definition

LOCULUS, noun. A small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal.

Wise words

More wisdom is latent in things as they are than in all the words men use.
Antoine De Saint-Exupery