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Definition of Dissepiments
1. dissepiment [n] - See also: dissepiment
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dissepiments
Literary usage of Dissepiments
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The coral Siderastrea radians and its postlarval development by J[ames] E[dwin] Duerden (1904)
"The dissepiments are extremely thin and delicate transverse partitions which ...
The distance apart of two adjacent dissepiments in a loculus represents a ..."
2. A Class-book of Botany by Alphonso Wood (1851)
"by dissepiments (85, с ) into many cells. The central pillar, or substance formed
by the united placentae is called the coin- mella. ..."
3. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"Dissepiments marginal. — Don, Miller's Diet. genus Kalmia consists of low evergreen
shrubs, highly ornamental in their foliage and flowers ; natives of ..."
4. A Manual of British Lichens: Containing Descriptions of All the Species and by William Mudd (1861)
"... at times constricted opposite the dissepiments, filled with a ... at times
slightly constricted opposite the dissepiments, filled with a granular ..."
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