cleft, dissected
(adjective) having one or more indentations reaching nearly to the midrib
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dissected
simple past tense and past participle of dissect
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*sect"ed, a.
1. Cut into several parts; divided into sections; as, a dissected map.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Cut deeply into many lobes or divisions; as, a dissected leaf.
Dis*sect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissecting.] Etym: [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis- + secare to cut. See Section.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize.
2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely. This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample. Atterbury.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
29 June 2024
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
