septifragal

adjective

1. Breaking from the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, while these remain attached to the common axis.

   the dehiscence is loculicidally septifragal

Where it comes from

From septum + Latin frangere, fractum (“to break”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry septifragal (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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