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Definition of Dissepiment
1. n. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.
Definition of Dissepiment
1. Noun. (botany zoology) partition (in an organ); septum ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dissepiment
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Medical Definition of Dissepiment
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissepiment
Literary usage of Dissepiment
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The placentae are marginal, but form a central column, which constitutes the axis
of the dissepiment, and is prominent in the cavity of both carpels. ..."
2. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"Capsule silique-formed, long, cylindrical, 2-valved. dissepiment opposite the
valves. ... dissepiment ..."
3. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by ed Andrew Findlater, John Merry Ross (1868)
"... leaves which fold in to meet in the axis, and form dissepiment» (q. т.)
between the cells of the germen. ..."
4. Exotic Flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare Or Otherwise by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1823)
"Receptacle of the seeds central, longitudinal, attached one on each side of the
dissepiment . Seeds numerous., reniform ..."
5. A Manual of British Lichens: Containing Descriptions of All the Species and by William Mudd (1861)
"... polari-bilocular, the poles often connected by a longitudinal dissepiment or
channel, hyaline ; '0025 in. long, by '00125 in. broad. ß. ..."
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