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dissepiment |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dissepiment \Dis*sep"i*ment\, n. [L. dissaepimentum fr dissaepire dis- + saepire to hedge in inclose.] 1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum. 2. (Bot.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells. 3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral.
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