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DISSILIENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dissilient mean?
• DISSILIENT (adjective)
The adjective DISSILIENT has 1 sense:
1. bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels
Familiarity information: DISSILIENT used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels
Similar:
nascent (being born or beginning)
Derivation:
dissilience (the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe)
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