Having the characteristics of a capsule-like fruit that opens along seams to release seeds, as in certain plants.
From Greek 'kypse' (chest or capsule) plus Latin '-ous' (full of). The term evolved to describe botanical structures that resemble small containers.
This word reveals how botanists borrowed from everyday Greek objects to describe plant structures—comparing seed pods to the chests ancient Greeks used for storage.
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