dissilient

dis·sil·i·ent

D0288800 (dĭ-sĭl′ē-ənt)adj. Botany Bursting apart, as some seedpods when ripe.

[Latin dissiliēns, dissilient-, present participle of dissilīre, to fly apart : dis-, apart; see dis- + salīre, to leap; see sel- in Indo-European roots.]

dissilient

(dɪˈsɪlɪənt) adjbursting apart or out

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Adj.

1.dissilient - bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vesselsnascent - being born or beginning; "the nascent chicks"; "a nascent insurgency"

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adj bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels

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