DEHISCE


Meaning of DEHISCE in English

[ dɪ'hɪs ]

■ verb technical (of a pod or seed vessel, or of a cut or wound) gape or burst open.

Derivatives

~nce noun

~nt adjective

Origin

C17: from L. ~re , from de- 'away' + hiscere 'begin to gape'.

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