CIRCUMSCISSILE - Definition

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Cir`cum*scis"sile\, a. [Pref. circum- + scissle.] (Bot.) Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of {Pyxidium}.

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Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	Opening splitting by a transverse fissure around the circumference, leaving an upper and lower half; said of certain seed pods or capsules.