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Webster 1913 Edition


Septicidal

Sep′ti-ciˊdal

,
Adj.
[
Septum
+ L.
caedere
to cut: cf. F.
septicide
.]
(Bot.)
Dividing the partitions; – said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.