— dissepimental , adj.
/di sep"euh meuhnt/ , n.
1. Anat. , Zool. a partition or septum in a tissue.
2. Bot. one of the partitions formed within ovaries and fruits by the coherence of the sides of the constituent carpels.
[ 1720-30; dissaepimentum, equiv. to dis- DIS- 1 + saepimentum hedge ( saepi ( re ) to fence + -mentum -MENT) ]