dissepiment in English

noun
1
a partition in a part or organ; a septum.
A distinctive character of adult corallites of Macgeea dubia is the tendency to develop numerous herringbone dissepiments , which is increased by the fact that minor septa are commonly reduced.

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1. Distinguished from other genera, with Accumbent cotyledons, in the same class and order, by the entire, nearly equal petals; and the dehiscent, nearly entirely pouch, of 2, 1- or many-seeded cells, a broad dissepiment (septum), and nearly flat valves.