septicidal

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

septicidal (not comparable)

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

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