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Capsule :: Capsule (n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc..

Sea Corn :: Sea corn () A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize..

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..

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

Seedbox :: Seedbox (n.) A plant (Ludwigia alternifolia) which has somewhat cubical or box-shaped capsules.

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

Moss :: Moss (n.) A cryptogamous plant of a cellular structure, with distinct stem and simple leaves. The fruit is a small capsule usually opening by an apical lid, and so discharging the spores. There are many species, collectively termed Musci, growing on the earth, on rocks, and trunks of trees, etc., and a few in running water..

Periotic :: Periotic (a.) Surrounding, or pertaining to the region surrounding, the internal ear; as, the periotic capsule..

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

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

Gonotheca :: Gonotheca (n.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian..

Parietes :: Parietes (n. pl.) The sides of an ovary or of a capsule.

Geranium :: Geranium (n.) A genus of plants having a beaklike tours or receptacle, around which the seed capsules are arranged, and membranous projections, or stipules, at the joints. Most of the species have showy flowers and a pungent odor. Called sometimes crane's-bill..

Cardamom :: Cardamom (n.) The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine..

Suprascalpular :: Suprarenal (n.) A suprarenal capsule.

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

Die :: Die (n.) A perforated block, commonly of hardened steel used in connection with a punch, for punching holes, as through plates, or blanks from plates, or for forming cups or capsules, as from sheet metal, by drawing..

Ovicapsule :: Ovicapsule (n.) Same as Ootheca.

Valvate :: Valvate (a.) Opening as if by doors or valves, as most kinds of capsules and some anthers..

Verrucose :: Verrucose (a.) Covered with wartlike elevations; tuberculate; warty; verrucous; as, a verrucose capsule..

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