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dehiscence

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEHISCENCE

n.[L. To gape. ] A gaping. In botany, the opening of capsules; the season when capsules open.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEHISCENCE

De *his "cence, n. Etym: [Cf. F. déhiscence.]

1. The act of gaping.

2. (Biol.)

Defn: 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.