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circumscissile

/sur-kuhm-sis-il/US // ˌsɜr kəmˈsɪs ɪl //UK // (ˌsɜːkəmˈsɪsaɪl) //

周裂缝,圆周裂缝,圆周裂纹,周裂纹

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : opening along a transverse circular line, as a seed vessel.

Examples

  • Nothing similar appears in the gray specimens of the present form, although the dehiscence is quite as certainly circumscissile.

  • Fruit a circumscissile 2-celled capsule, with one or more peltate seeds in each cell, or an achene.

  • Capsule 3–5-celled with axile placent, loculicidal or circumscissile, many-seeded.

  • Pod 3–5-celled, many-seeded, circumscissile, the upper part falling off as a lid.

  • Capsule membranaceous, circumscissile, the top falling off like a lid, many-seeded.

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