septicidal

Dehiscing by splitting longitudinally through the septa. Used of a seed capsule.

Dividing at the septa or partitions: 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. See dehiscence, 2, and compare loculicidal.

Dividing the partitions; — said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.

Dividing the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into its component carpels.