Septicidal

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Septicidal \Sep"ti*ci`dal\, a. [Septum + L. caedere to cut: cf.
     F. septicide.] (Bot.)
     Dividing the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in
     which a pod splits through the partitions and is divided into
     its component carpels.
     [1913 Webster]