CIRCUMSCISSILE


Meaning of CIRCUMSCISSILE in English

| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ adjective

Etymology: Latin circumscissus (past participle of circumscindere to tear or cleave around, from circum- + scindere to cleave) + English -ile — more at shed

botany : dehiscing by a transverse fissure around the circumference — compare loculicidal , pyxidium ; see fruit illustration

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