Associations to the word «Dehiscence»
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Wiktionary
DEHISCENCE, noun. (botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
DEHISCENCE, noun. (medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
DEHISCENCE, noun. (rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.
Dictionary definition
DEHISCENCE, noun. (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 wound.
Wise words
The chief difference between words and deeds is that words
are always intended for men for their approbation, but deeds
can be done only for God.