Usually means: Opens by splitting around circumference.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. circumscissile: Merriam-Webster
  2. circumscissile: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. circumscissile: Collins English Dictionary
  4. circumscissile: Wordnik
  5. circumscissile: Wiktionary
  6. circumscissile: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. circumscissile: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Circumscissile, circumscissile: Dictionary.com
  9. Circumscissile: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. circumscissile: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Circumscissile: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. circumscissile: FreeDictionary.org
  13. circumscissile: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. circumscissile: Encyclopedia

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  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (circumscissile)

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

Similar:
circumsaccate, circumcrescent, vasculiferous, scutellate, septifragal, coelospermous, acyclic, systylious, sexlocular, septiferous, more...

Opposite:
acircumscissile, incision, uncut, unsplit, unscissored

Types:
apical, terminal, more...

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Similar:
circumsaccate, circumcrescent, vasculiferous, scutellate, septifragal, coelospermous, acyclic, systylious, sexlocular, septiferous, more...

Opposite:
acircumscissile, incision, uncut, unsplit, unscissored

Types:
apical, terminal, more...



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