Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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

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