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PODS |
Capsules |
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PENTACAPSULAR |
Having five capsules. |
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QUADRICAPSULAR |
Having four capsules. |
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TWO-CAPSULED |
Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular. |
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MULTICAPSULAR |
Having many, or several, capsules. |
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HEXACAPSULAR |
Having six capsules or seed vessels. |
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BICAPSULAR |
Having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp. |
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COLUMELLA |
A columnlike axis in the capsules of mosses. |
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SEA GRAPE |
The clusters of gelatinous egg capsules of a squid
(Loligo). |
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SEEDBOX |
A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical
or box-shaped capsules. |
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DEOPERCULATE |
Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of
mosses. |
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OPERCULATED |
Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the
mosses. |
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POLYCYTTARIA |
A division of Radiolaria. It includes those
having one more central capsules. |
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FRINGE |
The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of
most mosses. See Peristome. |
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QUADRI- |
A combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as,
quadricapsular, having four capsules. |
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SILIQUOUS |
Bearing siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining to,
or resembling, siliques; as, siliquose capsules. |
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URN-SHAPED |
Having the shape of an urn; as, the urn-shaped capsules
of some mosses. |
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LOCULICIDAL |
Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell;
-- said of capsules. |
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VALVATE |
Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of
capsules and some anthers. |
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NOLI-ME-TANGERE |
Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having
capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See
Impatiens. |
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NIDAMENTAL |
Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as,
the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See
Illust. of Dibranchiata. |
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PLEUROCARPOUS |
Side-fruited; -- said of those true mosses in which
the pedicels or the capsules are from lateral archegonia; -- opposed to
acrocarpous. |
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RUFFLE |
The connected series of large egg capsules, or
oothecae, of any one of several species of American marine gastropods
of the genus Fulgur. See Ootheca. |
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BITTERSWEET |
An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose
yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which
covers the seeds; -- also called Roxbury waxwork. |
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KAMALA |
The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree
(Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic,
and is used in the treatment of tapeworm. |