1. a partition or dividing wall, especially in plant or animal structures
Usage: botanical; anatomical

Examples

• The dissepiment in the seed pod creates separate chambers for the seeds.
• Botanists study the dissepiments in fruit capsules to understand seed dispersal.
• The coral’s dissepiments form internal walls within its skeleton.
• Each dissepiment in the plant ovary helps organize the developing seeds.
• The anatomist pointed out the dissepiment separating the two cavities.