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septicidal(dictionary)

septicidal (iou)



septicidal adjective. E19.
[from SEPTUM + -I- + Latin caedere, -cid- to cut (cf. -CIDE) + -AL1.]
Botany. (Of the dehiscence of a fruit) occurring along the septa separating the carpels; (of a carpel of a fruit) that undergoes such dehiscence. Cf. LOCULICIDAL.
septicidally adverb M19.