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Webster 1913 Edition
Septifragal
Sep-tif′ra-gal
,Adj.
[
Septum
+ L. frangere
, fractum
, to break.] (Bot.)
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.
Definition 2024
septifragal
septifragal
English
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.