Septiferous
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Septiferous is an adjective meaning (botany) Bearing a partition; said of the valves of a capsule.
Meaning
(botany) Bearing a partition; said of the valves of a capsule.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) Conveying putrid poison.
Example Sentences
"What you did do," said his visitor, "was about the most dangerous thing that a doctor could be mixed up in." "Oh, no," replied Ellerslie, "he does a much more dangerous thing whenever he operates on a septiferous subject, whenever he enters a fever-stricken house. […]"
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vasculiferous, capsuliferous, septifragal, septemfid, septicidal, sexlocular.
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