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capsular

cap·su·lar
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kap-suh-ler, -syoo-]
    • /ˈkæp sə lər, -syʊ-/
    • /ˈkæp.sjə.lər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kap-suh-ler, -syoo-]
    • /ˈkæp sə lər, -syʊ-/

Definitions of capsular word

  • adjective capsular relating to or resembling a capsule 3
  • adjective capsular having the nature of a capsule 3
  • adjective capsular of or in a capsule 3
  • adjective capsular of, in, or like a capsule. 1
  • noun capsular Of, pertaining to, or resembling a capsule. 1
  • adjective capsular relating to a capsule 1
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Origin of capsular

First appearance:

before 1670
One of the 47% oldest English words
From the New Latin word capsulāris, dating back to 1670-80. See capsule, -ar1

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Parts of speech for Capsular

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Capsular

capsular popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Related words

  • extracapsular

    (anatomy) Situated outside a capsule, especially outside the capsular ligament of a joint.

  • bignonia

    any tropical American bignoniaceous climbing shrub of the genus Bignonia (or Doxantha), cultivated for their trumpet-shaped yellow or reddish flowers

  • broomrape family

    the plant family Orobanchaceae, characterized by scaly, leafless herbaceous plants that are parasitic on the roots of other plants and have irregular flowers and many-seeded capsular fruit, and including beechdrops, broomrape, and squawroot.

  • phlox family

    the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.

  • poppy family

    the plant family Papaveraceae, characterized by chiefly herbaceous plants having white, yellow, or reddish juice, alternate and often lobed or dissected leaves, showy, usually solitary flowers, and capsular fruit, and including bloodroot, creamcups, greater celandine, and poppies of the genera Papaver, Eschscholzia, Argemone, and others.

  • primrose family

    the plant family Primulaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having simple, opposite, whorled, or basal leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including cyclamen, loosestrife of the genus Lysimachia, pimpernel, primrose, and shooting star.
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