dissected
Americanadjective
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Botany. deeply divided into numerous segments, as a leaf.
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Physical Geography. separated, by erosion, into many closely spaced crevices or gorges, as the surface of a plateau.
adjective
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botany in the form of narrow lobes or segments
dissected leaves
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geology (of plains) cut by erosion into hills and valleys, esp following tectonic movements
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Dissected, both arguments against such a requirement are flimsy.
From Washington Times • Apr. 11, 2017
Dissected in any way — hitting with two strikes, with runners in scoring position, bases empty — Harper excelled.
From Washington Post • Nov. 19, 2015
Dissected this week are two particularly grisly fires, one in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1990, and another in 2007 in Glassboro, New Jersey.
From The Guardian • Jul. 19, 2013
Dissected time-and-time again, there remains no clear verdict about who won one of the most controversial trades ever consummated by the Original Six rivals.
From Reuters • May 7, 2013
Price 1.00 Dissected Map Of the United States.—Printed in colors, judiciously arranged so as to bring out prominently the different states.
From The Nursery, January 1877, Volume XXI, No. 1 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers by Various
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