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adj
Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Which dehisces or presents dehiscence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
(of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: indehiscent
History
Learned borrowing from Latin dehīscentem, present participle of dehīscō (“to divide, split open, gape”), from hīscō (“to yawn, gape”).
Across languages
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
