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dehisce(dictionary)

dehisce (iou)



dehisce verb intrans. M17.
[Latin dehiscere, from de- DE- 1 + hiscere inceptive of hiare to gape. Cf. HIATUS.]
Gape, open out (chiefly Anatomy & Physiology); in Botany, (of a seed-vessel etc.) burst open.