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DEHISCE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they dehisce ... he / she / it dehisces
Past simple: dehisced
Past participle: dehisced
-ing form: dehiscing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Burst or split open
Example:
flowers dehisce when they release pollen
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "dehisce" is one way to...):
break through; come out; erupt; push through (break out)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
dehiscence ((biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound)
dehiscent ((of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds)
