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Definition of Dehisce
1. Verb. Burst or split open. "Flowers dehisce when they release pollen"
Derivative terms: Dehiscence, Dehiscent
Definition of Dehisce
1. v. i. To gape; to open by dehiscence.
Definition of Dehisce
1. Verb. (intransitive botany) To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, or pollen, or other contents, as the ripe pods of some plants. ¹
2. Verb. (intransitive medicine) To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dehisce
1. to split open [v -HISCED, -HISCING, -HISCES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dehisce
Literary usage of Dehisce
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"When Ule anther-lobes are erect, the deft is lengthwise along the The anthers
dehisce at different periods during the process of flowering; sometimes in the ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"As soon as the flower has opened and become accessible to flying insects, the
anthers dehisce and only the cap which they form can be seen at the entrance ..."
3. The Fertilisation of Flowers by Hermann Müller, D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson, Charles Darwin (1883)
"First of all the three inner anthers dehisce at slow intervals, one after the
... Then the three outer anthers dehisce one after another ; the style has now ..."
4. Text-book of Botany, Morphological and Physical by Julius Sachs (1882)
"558) ; the inner layers or endothecium are also smooth if the anther does not
dehisce. If on the other hand it opens by recurved valves (Fig. ..."
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