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circumscissile

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cir⋅cum⋅scis⋅sile

  [sur-kuhm-sis-il]
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–adjective Botany.
opening along a transverse circular line, as a seed vessel.
Origin:
1825–35; circum- + scissile
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cir·cum·scis·sile   (sûr'kəm-sĭs'ĭl, -ĭl')   
adj.   Botany
Splitting or opening along a circumference, with the top coming off as a lid: a circumscissile seed capsule.

[circum- + Latin scissilis, easily split, splitting; see scissile.]
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