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frangere
2 English words descend from Latin
frangere
, most common first.
frangible
Able to be broken; breakable, fragile.
septifragal
Breaking from the partitions; said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, while these remain attached to the common axis.