a. Bot. [ad. L. circumsciss-us pa. pple. of circumscindĕre to cleave or tear around.] Having a transverse circular fissure; opening by circumscissile dehiscence.
1870. Hooker, Stud. Flora, Introd. 15. Primulaceæ … capsule usually 5–10-valved at the top, or circumsciss.
