capsule
Sign in to savetype of simple, dry rarely fleshy, dehiscent fruit
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- dehiscent fruit
- Image
- Portulaca oleracea Capsule MHNT.jpg
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- Commons category
- Capsule (fruit)
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Encyclopedic overview
A line art drawing of a pyxidium In botany, a capsule is a type of simple, dry or (rarely) fleshy, fruit which splits open on maturity. They are produced by many species of flowering plants.
Origins and structure
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “capsule” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.