dissilient
dissilient adjective: forcefully breaking apart or bursting open (or primed to do so); dehiscing explosively.
Adjective
dissilient (comparative more dissilient, superlative most dissilient)
- Forcefully breaking apart or bursting open (or primed to do so); dehiscing explosively.
- 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.1835, James Main, Illustrations of Vegetable Physiology, […] , second edition, London: Orr and Smith, Paternoster-Row: Bradbury and Evans, Whitefrairs, pages 84–85
- Synonyms:
- ballochorous
dissilient meaning in Tamil
dissilient in Tamil
- வெடித்துச் சிதறல்
Synonyms of dissilient
Forms of dissilient
| comparative | more dissilient |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dissilient |
Origin of dissilient
From Latin dissiliens, dissilientis, present participle of dissilire (“to leap asunder”): dis- + salire (“to leap”).
Questions about dissilient
- What does dissilient mean?
- Dissilient means forcefully breaking apart or bursting open (or primed to do so); dehiscing explosively.
- What is dissilient in Tamil?
- Dissilient in Tamil is வெடித்துச் சிதறல். See Dissilient meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dissilient?
- Dissilient is an adjective.
Words near dissilient in the dictionary
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