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Dehisce [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Dehiscence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A gaping. In botany, the opening of capsules; the season when capsules open.

Dehiscence [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of gaping.

2. A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.

Dehiscent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Opening, as the capsule of a plant.

Dehiscent [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant.