Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEP-TI'CI-DAL
SEP-TI'CI-DAL, a. [L. septum, a partition, and cædo, to cut or divide.]
A septicidal dehiscence of a pericarp, is that which takes place between the lamins of the dissepiment. – Lindley.
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