DISSILIENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("dissilience" is a kind of...):

egress; emergence; issue (the becoming visible)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

Derivation:

dissilient (bursting open with force, as do some ripe seed vessels)

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