comb. forms of L. capsula, CAPSULE; as in Capsuliferous a., bearing capsules. Capsuliform a., having the form of a capsule. Capsuligenous a., giving origin to capsules. Capsulo-lenticular a., of the capsule of the lens of the eye.
1857. Berkeley, Cryptog. Bot., § 474. 430. Variously formed capsulæform organs.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, 471. Lycopodium Selago … leaves erect … upper capsuliferous.
1870. Rolleston, Anim. Life, 125. The so-called ‘capsulo-genous’ glands.
1875. H. Walton, Dis. Eye, 741. Traumatic cataract is always capsulo-lenticular.
