Dis-sĕp′i-ment, n.

n. [Lat. dissepimentum, from dissepire, to part off by a boundary, to separate, from prefix dis and sepire, to hedge in, to inclose.]

1. A separating tissue; a partition; a septum.
2. (Bot.) A partition formed in an ovary by the united sides of cohering carpels, and separating the inside into cells. Dissépiment. Lindley.