noun
- thin walls or partitions that divide the interior of plant structures, especially seed pods or fruits
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The botanist examined the dissepiments within the seed capsule.
- Dissepiments separate the seeds into distinct chambers.
- The fruit’s dissepiments create individual compartments for each seed.
- When the pod splits open, the dissepiments become visible.
- The number of dissepiments varies among different plant species.
- Researchers studied how dissepiments develop during fruit formation.