| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | dis·sil·i·ent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  d -sl  - nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | Botany Bursting apart, as some seed pods when ripe. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin dissilins, dissilient-, present participle of dissil re, to fly apart : dis-, apart; see dis– + salre, to leap; see sel- in Appendix I.
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