\Sep*tif"er*ous\, a. [Septum + -ferous: cf. F.
septif[`e]re.] (Bot.)
Bearing a partition; -- said of the valves of a capsule.

\Sep*tif"er*ous\, a. [Gr. ??? putrefied + -ferous.]
Conveying putrid poison; as, the virulence of septiferous
matter.