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marginicidal

marginicidal adjective: dehiscent by the separation of united carpels.

Adjective

marginicidal (not comparable)

  1. dehiscent by the separation of united carpels.
    • Fruits in Paullinia are marginicidal, septifragal capsules, whereas those of Serjania are schizocarps with samaroid mericarps.1998, Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez, “Paullinia Lingulata (Sapindaceae), a New Species from French Guiana.”, in Brittonia, number 50, pages 514–16

Questions about marginicidal

What does marginicidal mean?
Marginicidal means dehiscent by the separation of united carpels.
What part of speech is marginicidal?
Marginicidal is an adjective.

Words near marginicidal in the dictionary

  1. marginellas
  2. marginellid
  3. marginellids
  4. margines
  5. marging
  6. marginicidal
  7. margining
  8. marginirostral
  9. marginless
  10. marginlessness
  11. marginocephalian

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