DEHISCE


Meaning of DEHISCE in English

v.intr. gape or burst open (esp. of a pod or seed-vessel or of a cut or wound). dehiscence n. dehiscent adj.

[ L dehiscere (as DE-, hiscere incept. of hiare gape) ]

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