Associations to the word «Dehiscence»

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

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