Dehiscent

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  • adj. Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid
  • adj. Which dehisces or presents dehiscence
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Opening, as the capsule of a plant.
  • In entomology, divergent at the tips, as if tending to split apart: said especially of the elytra when they are separated at the apices.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. (of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds
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