septicidal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Exhibiting or relating to a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.

Word forms

septicidal

Etymology

From septum + Latin caedere (“to cut”). Compare French septicide.

Derived words

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