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Kamala :: Kamala (n.) The red dusty hairs of the capsules of an East Indian tree (Mallotus Philippinensis) used for dyeing silk. It is violently emetic, and is used in the treatment of tapeworm..

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

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

Seta :: Seta (n.) One of the movable chitinous spines or hooks of an annelid. They usually arise in clusters from muscular capsules, and are used in locomotion and for defense. They are very diverse in form..

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..

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..

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..

Boll :: Boll (n.) The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form..

Circumscissile :: Circumscissile (a.) Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.

Deoperculate :: Deoperculate (a.) Having the lid removed; -- said of the capsules of mosses.

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

Unicapsular :: Unicapsular () Having but one capsule to each flower.

Operculated :: Operculated (a.) Closed by a lid or cover, as the capsules of the mosses..

Capsulary :: Capsulary (a.) Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsule; hollow and fibrous.

Quadricapsular :: Quadricapsular (a.) Having four capsules.

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..

Noli-me-tangere :: Noli-me-tangere (n.) Any plant of a genus of herbs (Impatiens) having capsules which, if touched when ripe, discharge their seeds. -- See Impatiens..

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..

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..

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