Dissilience

2 definitions found

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

  Dissilience \Dis*sil"i*ence\ (?; 106), Dissiliency
  \Dis*sil"i*en*cy\, n.
     The act of leaping or starting asunder. --Johnson.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  dissilience
       n : the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are
           ripe