loculicidal
English
Etymology
From Latin loculus (“cell”) + caedere (“to cut”). Compare French loculicide.
Adjective
loculicidal (not comparable)
- (botany) dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; said of capsules
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for loculicidal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)