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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