septifragal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Breaking from the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, while these remain attached to the common axis.

Word forms

septifragal

Etymology

From septum + Latin frangere, fractum (“to break”).

Derived words

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