DISSEPIMENT


Meaning of DISSEPIMENT in English

— 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) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .