septifragal

== English == === Etymology === From septum + Latin frangere, fractum (“to break”). === Pronunciation === === Adjective === septifragal (not comparable) (botany) 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. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “septifragal”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.