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dehiscence
[ dih-his-uhns ]
noun
- Biology. the release of materials by the splitting open of an organ or tissue.
- Botany. the natural bursting open of capsules, fruits, anthers, etc., for the discharge of their contents.
- Surgery. the bursting open of a surgically closed wound.
dehiscence
/ dĭ-hĭs′əns /
- The spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents.
- Compare indehiscence
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Other Words From
- de·hiscent adjective
- nonde·hiscent adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of dehiscence1
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Example Sentences
Nothing similar appears in the gray specimens of the present form, although the dehiscence is quite as certainly circumscissile.
Trees with furrowed bark; pulp surrounding nut continuous, without lines of dehiscence on the surface.
Fruit a large, bony, edible nut surrounded by a husk that has no regular dehiscence.
Regular Dehiscence in a capsule takes place in two ways, which are best illustrated in pods of two or three cells.
When the anther-lobes are erect, the cleft is lengthwise along the line of the suture—longitudinal dehiscence (fig. 25).
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