Definitions for dehiscencedɪˈhɪs əns

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

de•his•cencedɪˈhɪs əns(n.)

  1. the splitting open of a part along its seam or abutting edges, as a fruit, capsule, or wound.

    Category: Biology, Botany

Origin of dehiscence:

1820–30; < NL

de•his′cent(adj.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. dehiscence(noun)

    (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound

Wiktionary

  1. dehiscence(Noun)

    Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.

  2. dehiscence(Noun)

    A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.

  3. dehiscence(Noun)

    Opening, gaping, in a general sense.

  4. Origin: From Modern Latin dehiscentia (in Linnaeus), from dehiscentem, present participle of dehiscere.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dehiscence(noun)

    the act of gaping

  2. Dehiscence(noun)

    a gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents


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