Definition of "dehiscent" []

• Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid (adjective)
• Which dehisces or presents dehiscence (adjective)

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• "All those nearest to it were already jamming the doorway in their rush to get out, and bursting forth like seeds from a dehiscent pod in all directions as the pressure behind expelled them into the night."
• "The fruit consists of a group of divergent follicles; a dry fruit which is dehiscent along one rupture site in order to release seeds."
• "Capsule A dry dehiscent fruit, composed of two or more united carpels."