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What does capsule mean?

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Noun
  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.
  4. A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
  5. (pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
  6. (dialectal, Britain, Suffolk) A weasel.
  7. (attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
  8. (winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
  9. (chemistry) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
  10. A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
  11. A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
Verb
  1. (transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
  2. (transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.
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