Dehiscence
Definition & Meaning
Pronunciation /dɪˈhɪsəns/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Dehiscence is a noun meaning (botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
Meaning
(botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
More Meanings
- (medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
- (rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.
Word Forms
- dehiscences
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include septicidal, circumscissile, loculicidal, anthesis, stomium, hemerochory.
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