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capsule - a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses |
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pericarp,
seed vessel the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
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bilocular capsule a capsule divided into two cells or compartments
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boll the rounded seed-bearing capsule of a cotton or flax plant
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siliqua,
silique narrow elongated seed capsule peculiar to the family Cruciferae
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peristome region around the mouth in various invertebrates
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capsule - a structure that encloses a body part |
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anatomical structure,
bodily structure,
body structure,
complex body part,
structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
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malpighian body,
malpighian corpuscle,
renal corpuscle the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron
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eyeball,
orb the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye
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lens capsule a tenuous mesoblastic membrane surrounding the lens of the eye
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capsule - a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside |
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lozenge,
pill,
tab,
tablet a small aromatic or medicated candy
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capsule - a small container |
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container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)
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paintball a game that simulates military combat; players on one team try to eliminate players on the opposing team by shooting capsules of paint at them
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capsule - enclose in a capsule |
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capsulate,
capsulize,
capsulise |
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enclose,
enfold,
envelop,
enwrap,
wrap surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence"
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