Dehisce

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. Botany To open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen, or other contents, as the ripe capsules or pods of some plants.
  • verb-intransitive. Medicine To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, or pollen, or other contents, as the ripe pods of some plants.
  • v. To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To gape; to open by dehiscence.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To gape; specifically, in botany, to open, as the capsules of plants.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. burst or split open
    • Verb Form
    dehisced    dehisces    dehiscing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    push through    come out    breakthrough    erupt   
    Form
    indehiscent    dehiscence    dehiscent    indehiscence   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    gape    open   
     
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