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Gymnospermous :: Gymnospermous (n.) Having naked seeds, or seeds not inclosed in a capsule or other vessel..

Pearl :: Pearl (n.) A capsule of gelatin or similar substance containing some liquid for medicinal application, as ether..

Seedbox :: Seedbox (n.) A capsule.

Quadri- :: Quadri- () A combining form meaning four, four times, fourfold; as, quadricapsular, having four capsules..

Extracapsular :: Extracapsular (a.) Situated outside of a capsule, esp. outside the capsular ligament of a joint..

Tooth :: Tooth (n.) one of the appendages at the mouth of the capsule of a moss. See Peristome.

Athecata :: Athecata (n. pl.) A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian..

Capsulated :: Capsulated (a.) Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box..

Glomerulus :: Glomerulus (n.) The bunch of looped capillary blood vessels in a Malpighian capsule of the kidney.

Pentacapsular :: Pentacapsular (a.) Having five capsules.

Prootic :: Prootic (a.) In front of the auditory capsule; -- applied especially to a bone, or center of ossification, in the periotic capsule..

Pericarp :: Pericarp (n.) The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume..

Seta :: Seta (n.) Any slender, more or less rigid, bristlelike organ or part; as the hairs of a caterpillar, the slender spines of a crustacean, the hairlike processes of a protozoan, the bristles or stiff hairs on the leaves of some plants, or the pedicel of the capsule of a moss..

Hexacapsular :: Hexacapsular (a.) Having six capsules or seed vessels.

Pod :: Pod (n.) A capsule of plant, especially a legume; a dry dehiscent fruit. See Illust. of Angiospermous..

Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

Osmund :: Osmund (n.) A fern of the genus Osmunda, or flowering fern. The most remarkable species is the osmund royal, or royal fern (Osmunda regalis), which grows in wet or boggy places, and has large bipinnate fronds, often with a panicle of capsules at the top. The rootstock contains much starch, and has been used in stiffening linen..

Nidamental :: Nidamental (a.) Of, pertaining to, or baring, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidament capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata..

Trilocular :: Trilocular (a.) Having three cells or cavities; as, a trilocular capsule; a trilocular heart..

Multilocular :: Multilocular (a.) Having many or several cells or compartments; as, a multilocular shell or capsule..

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