SEPTICIDAL Definition & Meaning

septicidal

[sep-tuh-sahyd-l]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Botany.

(of a plant's capsule) bursting open lengthwise along a septum.

septicidal

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adjective

botany (of a dehiscence) characterized by splitting along the partitions of the seed capsule

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Other 51�Թ� Forms

septicidally adverb

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of septicidal¹

First recorded in 1810–20; sept(um) ( def. ) + -cidal ( def. )

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of septicidal¹

C19: from _septi- ² + _-cidal

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Example Sentences

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Capsule 3-angular, 3-partible or septicidal; cells many-seeded.

From

Capsule septicidal, with 3–4 valves.

From

Calyx 5-cleft, free from the 2-celled ovary, which becomes a septicidal capsule.

From

Pod ovoid-oblong, pointed, 2-celled, 2-valved, septicidal, many-seeded.—Low upright shrubs, with ovate or oblong pointed serrate leaves, and cymosely 3–several-flowered peduncles, from the upper axils or terminal.

From

Septicidal, sep-ti-sī′dal, adj. dividing the partitions, as when fruit splits asunder—also Sep′ticide.—adv.

From

septicemic plague septic sore throat

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