circumscissile
/sur-kuhm-sis-il/US // ˌsɜr kəmˈsɪs ɪl //UK // (ˌsɜːkəmˈsɪsaɪl) //
周裂缝,圆周裂缝,圆周裂纹,周裂纹
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
Botany.
- : opening along a transverse circular line, as a seed vessel.
Examples
Nothing similar appears in the gray specimens of the present form, although the dehiscence is quite as certainly circumscissile.
Fruit a circumscissile 2-celled capsule, with one or more peltate seeds in each cell, or an achene.
Capsule 3–5-celled with axile placent, loculicidal or circumscissile, many-seeded.
Pod 3–5-celled, many-seeded, circumscissile, the upper part falling off as a lid.
Capsule membranaceous, circumscissile, the top falling off like a lid, many-seeded.
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