Capsule

• Title

  Capsule

• Definition

  A dry, dehiscent fruit that develops from a syncarpous ovary; it can open in the middle of the locules (loculicidal), along the septa (septicidal), or around the circumference (circumscissile).

• Related Terms

  Poricidal dehiscence

  Septicidal capsule

  Loculicidal capsule

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