Meaning of dehisce | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.
   intransitive
2. To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.
   intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“Anthers dehisce when the flower opens.”

“A surgical wound may partially or completely dehisce after surgery, depending upon whether some or all of the layers of tissue come open.”

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