uniˈcapsular, a. Bot.
[ad. mod.L. ūnicapsulār-is (whence F. unicapsulaire): see uni- and capsular a.]
Of a pericarp: Having a single capsule. Of a plant: Characterized by a pericarp of this kind.
Also Zool. = monocyttarian a. (Cent. Dict. 1891).
| 1720 P. Blair Bot. Ess. ii. 52 Therefore Papaver is only an Unicapsular Plant. 1760 Lee Botany i. xv. 38 In respect to external Division, the Pericarpium is either..Unicapsular,..as in Lychnis [etc.]. 1793 Martyn Lang. Bot. s.v., A Unicapsular pericarp. |