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Webster 1913 Edition

Chorisis

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Cho′ri-sis

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] separation.]

(Bot.)

The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts.

☞ In collateral chorisis the parts are side by side. – In parallel or median chorisis they are one in front of another.