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DISSILIENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("dissilience" is a kind of...):
egress; emergence; issue (the becoming visible)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Derivation:
dissilient (bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels)
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