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septicidal

[ sep-tuh-sahyd-l ]

adjective

Botany.
  1. (of a plant's capsule) bursting open lengthwise along a septum.


septicidal

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adjective

  1. botany (of a dehiscence) characterized by splitting along the partitions of the seed capsule
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ²õ±ð±è³Ù¾±Ëˆ³¦¾±»å²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ±ð±èt¾±Â·³¦¾±»åa±ô·±ô²â adverb
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of septicidal1

First recorded in 1810–20; sept(um) ( def ) + -cidal ( def )
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of septicidal1

C19: from septi- ² + -cidal
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Example Sentences

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Capsule 3-angular, 3-partible or septicidal; cells many-seeded.

From

Capsule septicidal, with 3–4 valves.

From

Calyx 5-cleft, free from the 2-celled ovary, which becomes a septicidal capsule.

From

Pod ovoid-oblong, pointed, 2-celled, 2-valved, septicidal, many-seeded.—Low upright shrubs, with ovate or oblong pointed serrate leaves, and cymosely 3–several-flowered peduncles, from the upper axils or terminal.

From

Septicidal, sep-ti-sī′dal, adj. dividing the partitions, as when fruit splits asunder—also Sep′ticide.—adv.

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