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de·hisce  (d-hs)

intr.v. de·hisced, de·hisc·ing, de·hisc·es

1. Botany To open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen, or other contents, as the ripe capsules or pods of some plants.

2. Medicine To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.

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[Latin dehscere : d-, de- + hscere, to split, inchoative of hire, to be open.]

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dehisce [dɪˈhɪs]

vb

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) (intr) (of fruits, anthers, etc.) to burst open spontaneously, releasing seeds, pollen, etc.

[from Latin dēhiscere to split open, from de- + hiscere to yawn, gape]

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Verb

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dehisce - burst or split open; "flowers dehisce when they release pollen" push through, break through, erupt, come out - break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"