Australian Biological Resources Study
Compiled by A.McCusker
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| capsule: a dry fruit formed from two or more united carpels and dehiscing at maturity to release the seeds.
circumsciss: (to) break open along a transverse line around the circumference. adj. circumscissile. dehiscent: breaking open at maturity to release the contents. denticle: a small tooth; in Coprosma (Rubiaceae), thick papillate tubercles on the margin of the interpetiolar stipules. follicle: a dry, dehiscent fruit formed from one carpel and dehiscing along the line of fusion of its edges. loculicidal: of the dehiscence of a fruit, along lines coinciding with the centres of loculi. cf. septicidal. operculum: in a flower, a cap formed by fusion or cohesion of perianth parts and covering the stamens and carpels in the bud, becoming detached at maturity by abscission; especially in Eucalyptus, see calyptra. poricidal: of anthers or capsules, opening by pores. septicidal: of the dehiscence of a fruit, along lines coinciding with the partitions between loculi. cf. loculicidal. |
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