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English → English (gcide) Definition: Dissepiment Dissepiment \Dis*sep"i*ment\, n. [L. dissaepimentum, fr. dissaepire; dis- + saepire to hedge in, inclose.] 1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) One of the partitions which divide a compound ovary into cells. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zo["o]l.) One of the transverse, calcareous partitions between the radiating septa of a coral. [1913 Webster]