Definitions for dehiscencedɪˈhɪs əns
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
de•his•cencedɪˈhɪs əns(n.)
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
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
dehiscence(Noun)
Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
dehiscence(Noun)
A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
dehiscence(Noun)
Opening, gaping, in a general sense.
Origin: From Modern Latin dehiscentia (in Linnaeus), from dehiscentem, present participle of dehiscere.
Webster Dictionary
Dehiscence(noun)
the act of gaping
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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