capsule
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Encyclopedic overview
A line art drawing of a pyxidium In botany, a capsule is a type of simple, dry or (rarely) fleshy, fruit which splits open on maturity. They are produced by many species of flowering plants.
Origins and structure
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “capsule” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.