1. Noun
A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane.
2. Noun
The theca of mosses.
3. Noun
fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
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