Definition of "dissilient" []

• Botany Bursting apart, as some seed pods when ripe. (adjective)

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• "There is no way to humble nature's dissilient brat."
• "One could ask for no more than the dissilient magnanimity displayed by the diocesan lawyer in this message of inclusiveness and tolerance:"