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Webster 1913 Edition
Dehiscence
De-his′cence
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
déhiscence
.] 1.
The act of gaping.
2.
(Biol.)
A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dehiscence
DEHISCENCE
,Noun.