Sĕp'ti-cīd'al, a.

adjective

(110), a. [Fr. septicide, from Lat. septum, a partition, and cædere, to cut.] (Bot.) Dividing the partitions; — said of a method of dehiscence in which a pod splits through the partitions, dividing each into two layers. Gray.

A capsule is shown opening by septicidal dehiscence.
A Capsule opening by Sep- ticidal Dehis- cence.