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What does circumscissile mean?

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Adjective
  1. (botany) Describing any seed-vessel that splits along a circumference, with the upper part coming off as a lid
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Capsule membranaceous, circumscissile, the top falling off like a lid, many-seeded.
Fruit: A circumscissile capsule enclosed within the persistent calyx.
In these the dehiscence extends all round, or is circumscissile.
Page 58 condition of the circumsissle Changed to circumscissile.
The fruits either have a circumscissile capsule or fail to open and are surrounded by the more or less fleshy perianth and bracts.
Capsule filling the involucre, circumscissile in the middle, the calyptra persistent at its base.

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