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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[L.

dissiliens

-entis

, p. pr. of

dissilire

to leap asunder:

dis-

salire

to leap.]

Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively;

as, a

dissilient

pericarp

Adj.

Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force, as the dry pod or capsule of a plant; as a dissilient pericarp.