marginicidal
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English
[edit]Adjective
[edit]marginicidal (not comparable)
- (of fruits) dehiscent by the separation of united carpels.
- 1998, Pedro Acevedo-Rodríguez, “Paullinia Lingulata (Sapindaceae), a New Species from French Guiana.”, in Brittonia[1], number 50, pages 514–16:
- Fruits in Paullinia are marginicidal, septifragal capsules, whereas those of Serjania are schizocarps with samaroid mericarps.
References
[edit]- “marginicidal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.