ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Dissilient

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Dissilient is an adjective meaning (chiefly botany, archaic) Forcefully breaking apart or bursting open (or primed to do so); dehiscing explosively.

Meaning

(chiefly botany, archaic) Forcefully breaking apart or bursting open (or primed to do so); dehiscing explosively.

Example Sentences

a dissilient pericarp/joint
We may, however, notice Impàtiens, merely for the purpose of alluding to the dissilient property of its capsules, which, when ripe, burst with such force as to scatter the seeds to a considerable distance around.

Synonyms for dissilient

Depending on context, synonyms include ballochorous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include eruptive, prorupted, displosive, aburst, explosive, bursting.

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