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Vanilla :: Vanilla (n.) The long podlike capsules of Vanilla planifolia, and V. claviculata, remarkable for their delicate and agreeable odor, for the volatile, odoriferous oil extracted from them; also, the flavoring extract made from the capsules, extensively used in confectionery, perfumery, etc..

Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.

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

Spermatophore :: Spermatophore (n.) A capsule or pocket inclosing a number of spermatozoa. They are present in many annelids, brachiopods, mollusks, and crustaceans. In cephalopods the structure of the capsule is very complex..

Capsicum :: Capsicum (n.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce..

Impatiens :: Impatiens (n.) A genus of plants, several species of which have very beautiful flowers; -- so called because the elastic capsules burst when touched, and scatter the seeds with considerable force. Called also touch-me-not, jewelweed, and snapweed. I. Balsamina (sometimes called lady's slipper) is the common garden balsam..

Valve :: Valve (n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts.

Operculum :: Operculum (n.) The lid of the urnlike capsule of mosses.

Sporophoric :: Sporophore (n.) That alternately produced form of certain cryptogamous plants, as ferns, mosses, and the like, which is nonsexual, but produces spores in countless numbers. In ferns it is the leafy plant, in mosses the capsule. Cf. Oophore..

Lecythis :: Lecythis (n.) A genus of gigantic trees, chiefly Brazilian, of the order Myrtaceae, having woody capsules opening by an apical lid. Lecythis Zabucajo yields the delicious sapucaia nuts. L. Ollaria produces the monkey-pots, its capsules. Its bark separates into thin sheets, like paper, used by the natives for cigarette wrappers..

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..

Fringe :: Fringe (n.) The peristome or fringelike appendage of the capsules of most mosses. See Peristome.

Pterotic :: Pterotic (a.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, a bone between the prootic and epiotic in the dorsal and outer part of the periotic capsule of many fishes..

Unilocular :: Unilocular (a.) Having one cell or cavity only; as, a unilocular capsule or shell..

Seedbox :: Seedbox (n.) A capsule.

Strumatic :: Struma (n.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses..

Parotic :: Parotic (a.) On the side of the auditory capsule; near the external ear.

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..

Petrosal :: Petrosal (n.) The auditory capsule.

Gymnoblastea :: Gymnoblastea (n. pl.) The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.

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