Definitions for dissepiment

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dissepiment dis·sep·i·ment

Spelling: [dih-sep-uh-muh nt]

IPA: /dɪˈsɛp ə mənt/

Dissepiment is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 645 anagrams from letters in dissepiment (deeiimnpsst).

Definitions for dissepiment

noun

1. Anatomy, Zoology. a partition or septum in a tissue.
2. Botany. one of the partitions formed within ovaries and fruits by the coherence of the sides of the constituent carpels.

Origin of dissepiment

1720-30; Latin dissaepīmentum, equivalent to dis- dis-¹ + saepīmentum hedge (saepī(re) to fence + -mentum -ment)

Examples for dissepiment

In Glaucium and Eschscholtzia (Papaveraceae) the dissepiment is of a spongy nature.