Definition of "dehisces" [dehisces]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehisce. (verb)

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• "FRUIT: A capsule to 4.5 cm long which dehisces releasing cream, brown to black seeds depending on variety."
• "The seed vessel, which dehisces horizontally, contains many small, heart-shaped seeds."
• "The botanists tell me that its fruit "dehisces loculicidally," which I suppose is botanic for "splits like boxes," (but boxes shouldn't split, and didn't, as we used to make and handle them before railways)."