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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Pref.

circum-

scissle

(Bot.)

Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of

circumscissile ‎(not comparable)

(botany) Describing any seed-vessel that splits along a circumference, with the upper part coming off as a lid