Dissepiment

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dissepiment \Dis*sep"i*ment\, n. [L. dissaepimentum, fr.
     dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.]
     1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.
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     2. (Bot.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary


        into cells.
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     3. (Zool.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions
        between the radiating septa of a coral.
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