Dehisce(v. i.) To gape; to open by dehiscence.
Dehiscence(n.) The act of gaping.
Dehiscence(n.) 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.
Dehiscent(a.) Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant.
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