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dissected

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dis·sect·ed  (d-sktd, d-)
adj.
1. Botany Divided into many deep, narrow segments: dissected leaves.
2. Geology Cut by irregular valleys and hills.
dissected [dɪˈsɛktɪd daɪ-]
adj
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) Botany in the form of narrow lobes or segments dissected leaves
2. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) Geology (of plains) cut by erosion into hills and valleys, esp following tectonic movements
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Adj.1.dissected - having one or more incisions reaching nearly to the midrib
cleft
compound - composed of more than one part; "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "compound flower heads"


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He dissected beauty in his crowded little bedroom laboratory, where cooking smells alternated with the outer bedlam of the Silva tribe; and, having dissected and learned the anatomy of beauty, he was nearer being able to create beauty itself.
Martin Eden by London, Jack View in context
He took the book, open at a diagram of the dissected part, and looked at what they had to find.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
Petersburg and the neighboring villages was dissected, plank by plank, and its foundations dug up and ran- sacked for hidden treasure -- and not by boys, but men -- pretty grave, unromantic men, too, some of them.
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