Capsule
['kæpsjuːl;-sjʊl] or [ˈkæpsul]
Definition
(noun.) a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside.
(noun.) a small container.
(noun.) a structure that encloses a body part.
(noun.) a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses.
(verb.) enclose in a capsule.
Edited by Della--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.
(n.) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
(n.) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
(n.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.
(n.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.
(n.) A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.
(n.) A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
Typed by Elbert
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Case, wrapper, envelope, covering, shell, sheath.[2]. (Bot.) Pod, pericarp, seed-vessel.[3]. (Chem.) Evaporating dish.[4]. Percussion cap.
Editor: Rena
Definition
n. the seed-vessel of a plant: a small dish.—adjs. Cap′sular Cap′sulary hollow like a capsule: pertaining to a capsule; Cap′sulate -d enclosed in a capsule.
Checked by Beth
Examples
- Even strongly-marked differences occasionally appear in the young of the same litter, and in seedlings from the same seed-capsule. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- I put my Saint Anthony back in the capsule, spilled the thin gold chain together and put it all in my breast pocket. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I opened the capsule and spilled him out into my hand. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The Saint Anthony was in a little white metal capsule. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- It has a flower of pale green color and its fruit is a capsule containing three small brown seeds, with patches of black. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- With hybrids raised from the same seed-capsule the degree of sterility is innately variable, so it is in a marked manner with illegitimate plants. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Afterwards I tried some larger fruits, capsules, etc. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Capsules with hundreds of bright little seeds in each, out of which will spring the wise, better England of the future. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Gelatine capsules used to conceal unpalatable remedies may be mentioned as a most acceptable modern invention in this class. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
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