SEPTIFRAGAL
Etymology
Adjective
septifragal (not comparable)
(botany) 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.
Source: Wiktionary
Sep*tif"ra*gal, a. Etym: [Septum + L. frangere, fractum, to break.] (Bot.)
Definition: Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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