Sep-tĭf'ra-gal, a.

adjective

(Synop., § 130), a. [Fr. septifrage, from Lat. septum, a partition, and frangere, fractum, to break.] (Bot.) Breaking from the partitions; — said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions. Gray.

A botanical capsule is shown splitting open by septifragal dehiscence. — A Capsule opening by Septi-fragal De-hiscence.