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▸ noun: (botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
▸ noun: (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
▸ noun: (anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
▸ noun: (anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
▸ noun: (astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
▸ noun: (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
▸ noun: (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
▸ noun: (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
▸ noun: (chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
▸ noun: A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
▸ noun: A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
▸ noun: One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.
▸ verb: (transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
▸ verb: (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.
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condensation,
space capsule,
abridgement,
abridgment,
ejector seat,
ejection seat,
subcapsule,
capsulogenesis,
pseudocapsule,
vesicle,
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