circumscissile
opening along a transverse circular line, as a seed vessel.
Origin of circumscissile
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How to use circumscissile in a sentence
Nothing similar appears in the gray specimens of the present form, although the dehiscence is quite as certainly circumscissile.
The North American Slime-Moulds | Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBrideFruit a circumscissile 2-celled capsule, with one or more peltate seeds in each cell, or an achene.
Capsule 3–5-celled with axile placent, loculicidal or circumscissile, many-seeded.
Pod 3–5-celled, many-seeded, circumscissile, the upper part falling off as a lid.
Capsule membranaceous, circumscissile, the top falling off like a lid, many-seeded.
British Dictionary definitions for circumscissile
/ (ˌsɜːkəmˈsɪsaɪl) /
(of the dry dehiscent fruits of certain plants) opening completely by a transverse split
Origin of circumscissile
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