v.
Pronunciation: di- ' his
Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form: de · hisced ; de · hisc · ing
Etymology: Latin dehiscere to split open, from de- + hiscere to gape; akin to Latin hiare to yawn ― more at YAWN
Date: 1657
: to split along a natural line also : to discharge contents by so splitting <seedpods dehiscing at maturity>