Definition of dissilient Dissilient
dis•sil•i•ent
We found 4 definitions of dissilient from 4 different sources.
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What does dissilient mean?
WordNet
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| dissilient - bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels | ||
| nascent being born or beginning; "the nascent chicks"; "a nascent insurgency" | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dissilient (a.)
Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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dissilient
dis-sil′yent, adj. (bot.) bursting open with elastic force.—n. Dissil′ience. [L. dissiliens, -entis—dis, asunder, salīre, to leap.]
