de·his·cence (d -hs  ns)n. 1. Botany The spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents. 2. Medicine A rupture or splitting open, as of a surgical wound, or of an organ or structure to discharge its contents. de·his cent adj. |
| dehiscence (d-hsns) The spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents. Compare indehiscence. dehisce verb |
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| Noun | 1. |  dehiscence - (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 woundbiological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms organic phenomenon - (biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals |
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