Definizione monolingua

capsule

capsule (infinitive capsular)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of capsular.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of capsular.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of capsular.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of capsular.

capsule (plural capsules)

1. (physiology) A membranous envelope.
2. (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.
3. (botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 4-5

     The epidermal cells of the capsule wall of Jubulopsis, with nodose ""trigones"" at the angles, are very reminiscent of what one finds in Frullania spp.

4. A detachable part of rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing crews living space.
5. (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
6. (dialectal) A weasel, in Suffolk slang.
7. (attributive, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
   • 1962, John F. Kennedy, We choose to go to the moon:

     If this capsule history of our progress teaches us anything, it is that man, in his quest for knowledge and progress, is determined and cannot be deterred.

Definizione dizionario capsule

	capsula
	A gelatinous case enclosing a dose of medicine.

Altri significati:

A detachable part of rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing crew's living space.

physiology: membranous envelope

botany: seed-case

tunic (plants)

(physiology) A membranous envelope.

(pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.

(dialectal) A weasel, in Suffolk slang.

(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.

(botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.

small container containing a dose of medicine

part of spacecraft containing crew's living space