Sep*tif"er*ous (?), a. [Septum + -ferous: cf. F. septifere.] Bot.
Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.
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Sep*tif"er*ous, a. [Gr. putrefied + -ferous.]
Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous matter.
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