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septicidal
[ sep-tuh-sahyd-l ]
adjective
, Botany.
- (of a plant's capsule) bursting open lengthwise along a septum.
septicidal
/ ˌsɛptɪˈsaɪdəl /
adjective
- botany (of a dehiscence) characterized by splitting along the partitions of the seed capsule
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Derived Forms
- ˌseptiˈcidally, adverb
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Other Words From
- septi·cidal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of septicidal1
First recorded in 1810–20; sept(um) ( def ) + -cidal ( def )
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Word History and Origins
Origin of septicidal1
C19: from septi- ² + -cidal
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Example Sentences
Capsule septicidal, with 3–4 valves.
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Calyx 5-cleft, free from the 2-celled ovary, which becomes a septicidal capsule.
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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.
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Capsule 3-angular, 3-partible or septicidal; cells many-seeded.
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Septicidal, sep-ti-sī′dal, adj. dividing the partitions, as when fruit splits asunder—also Sep′ticide.—adv.
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