septiferousadj.
/sɛpˈtɪf(ə)rəs/, U.S. /sɛpˈtɪf(ə)rəs/ Chiefly Botany and Conchology.
Having a septum or septa; septate.
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the world > plants > part of plant > cell or aggregate tissue > [adjective] > of or having cell wall
septiferous1807
parietal1819
triseptate1874
periclinal1882
the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Mollusca > [adjective] > of parts of molluscs > of shell or parts of shell
testaceous1668
trivalvous1681
articulate1685
tabulous1734
concamerated1747
costated1751
ribbed1752
multivalve1753
umbilical1755
multivalved1759
trichite1765
right-handed1776
ventricose1777
unequivalved1788
sinistral1803
white-lipped1813
white-mouthed1815
turriculated1822
umbonial1824
turreted1826
siphunculated1828
columellar1829
sinistrorsal1830
canaliferous1834
spirivalve1835
turrited1835
versant1839
mitriform1843
paucispiral1843
turriculate1843
siphuncled1847
ventricous1850
camerated1851
convolute1851
perforated1851
parietal1854
septiferous1854
planorbiform1856
planorboid1856
trivalved1856
turrite1856
siphunculate1875
turriform1875
umbonic1877
costate1881
interlocular1888
varicated1891
lirate1894
evolute1896
1807 T. Martyn Miller's Gardener's & Botanist's Dict. (rev. ed.) II. i. at Polycardia Capsule coriaceous, five-celled, five-valved..valves septiferous in the middle, partitions seminiferous on each side at the base.
1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 265 Beaks nearly terminal, septiferous internally.
1908 G. H. Girty Guadalupian Fauna 160 In the Mississippian epoch these septiferous shells show much variability in structural development.
1997 R. C. Barneby & J. W. Grimes Silk Tree, Guanacaste, Monkey's Earring II. 62 The fruit of Z[ygia] ocumarensis..is narrow, septiferous and resinous inside and follicular in dehiscence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1807