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Definition of Septicidal

1. a. Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.

Definition of Septicidal

1. Adjective. (botany) Dividing the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels. ¹

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Definition of Septicidal

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Septicidal

1. Of the dehiscence of a fruit, along lines coinciding with the partitions between loculi. Compare: loculicidal. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Septicidal

Literary usage of Septicidal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1876)
"feet flowers with the 4 or 5 petals and numerous stamens hypogynous, the fruit a septicidal many-seeded capsule. — Calyx of 4 or 5 persistent sepals, ..."

2. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1880)
"feet flowers with the 4 or 5 petals and numerous stamens hypogynous, the fruit a septicidal many-seeded capsule. ... Capsule septicidal (in our species ..."

3. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"The capsules of Rue, Spurge, and some others, are both loculicidal and septicidal, and so split into half-carpel lary val ves or pieces. 374. ..."

4. Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gamopetalae, Being a Second Edition by Asa Gray (1886)
"Stamens both fertile (with anther-cells distinct) and sterile inserted below the throat and included. Capsule both loculicidal and septicidal ; valves ..."

5. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"The septicidal dis- ' junction of the carpels does not of itself open the cells. Such separated carpels when one-seeded not rarely remain closed, ..."

6. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"395); or septicidal, that is, splitting through the partitions or tepta, ... in the septicidal, half the thickness of a partition is borne on the margin of ..."

7. Outlines of Botany for the High School Laboratory and Classroom: (based on by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt (1901)
"It is either septicidal capsule of St. John's-wort. 270. Capsule of Iris. Loculicidal, or, splitting directly into the loculi or cells, that is, ..."

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