dissepiment

American

[dih-sep-uh-muhnt] / dɪˈsɛp ə mənt /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology. a partition or septum in a tissue.
Botany. one of the partitions formed within ovaries and fruits by the coherence of the sides of the constituent carpels.

dissepiment British

/ dɪˈsɛpɪmənt /

noun

biology a dividing partition or membrane, such as that between the chambers of a syncarpous ovary

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Other Word Forms

dissepimental adjective

Etymology

Origin of dissepiment

1720–30; < Latin dissaepīmentum, equivalent to dis- dis- ¹ + saepīmentum hedge ( saepī ( re ) to fence + -mentum -ment )

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Tab′ula, a writing-tablet, a legal record: a frontal: a dissepiment in corals, &c.;

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

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