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circumscissile
[ sur-kuhm-sis-il ]
adjective
, Botany.
- opening along a transverse circular line, as a seed vessel.
circumscissile
/ ˌsɜːkəmˈsɪsaɪl /
adjective
- (of the dry dehiscent fruits of certain plants) opening completely by a transverse split
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Word History and Origins
Origin of circumscissile1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of circumscissile1
C19: from circum- + Latin scissilis capable of splitting, from scindere to split
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Example Sentences
Nothing similar appears in the gray specimens of the present form, although the dehiscence is quite as certainly circumscissile.
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Fruit a circumscissile 2-celled capsule, with one or more peltate seeds in each cell, or an achene.
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Capsule 3–5-celled with axile placent, loculicidal or circumscissile, many-seeded.
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Pod 3–5-celled, many-seeded, circumscissile, the upper part falling off as a lid.
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Capsule membranaceous, circumscissile, the top falling off like a lid, many-seeded.
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