Septicidal Dehiscence
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“Septicidal Dehiscence. v, valves; d, dissepiments; c, axis. In botany, noting a mode of dehiscence in which the pericarp or fruit is resolved into its component carpels by splitting asunder through the dissepiments.” -Whitney, 1911
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fruit, Botany, plants, split, valves, carpels, dissepiments, splitting septa, septicidal dehiscence, pericarpGalleries
Cellular BotanySource
William Dwight Whitney The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language (New York, NY: The Century Co., 1911)
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