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de·hisce

 (dĭ-hĭs′)
intr.v. de·hisced, de·hisc·ing, de·hisc·es
1. Botany To open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen, or other contents, as the ripe capsules or pods of some plants.
2. Medicine To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.

[Latin dehīscere : dē-, de- + hīscere, to split, inchoative of hiāre, to be open.]
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dehisce

(dɪˈhɪs)
vb
(Botany) (intr) (of fruits, anthers, etc) to burst open spontaneously, releasing seeds, pollen, etc
[C17: from Latin dēhiscere to split open, from de- + hiscere to yawn, gape]
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de•hisce

(dɪˈhɪs)

v.i. -hisced, -hisc•ing.
to burst open, as capsules of plants; gape.
[1650–60; < Latin dēhiscere to gape, part =dē- de- + hiscere to gape, yawn]
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dehisce


Past participle: dehisced
Gerund: dehiscing

Imperative
dehisce
dehisce
Present
I dehisce
you dehisce
he/she/it dehisces
we dehisce
you dehisce
they dehisce
Preterite
I dehisced
you dehisced
he/she/it dehisced
we dehisced
you dehisced
they dehisced
Present Continuous
I am dehiscing
you are dehiscing
he/she/it is dehiscing
we are dehiscing
you are dehiscing
they are dehiscing
Present Perfect
I have dehisced
you have dehisced
he/she/it has dehisced
we have dehisced
you have dehisced
they have dehisced
Past Continuous
I was dehiscing
you were dehiscing
he/she/it was dehiscing
we were dehiscing
you were dehiscing
they were dehiscing
Past Perfect
I had dehisced
you had dehisced
he/she/it had dehisced
we had dehisced
you had dehisced
they had dehisced
Future
I will dehisce
you will dehisce
he/she/it will dehisce
we will dehisce
you will dehisce
they will dehisce
Future Perfect
I will have dehisced
you will have dehisced
he/she/it will have dehisced
we will have dehisced
you will have dehisced
they will have dehisced
Future Continuous
I will be dehiscing
you will be dehiscing
he/she/it will be dehiscing
we will be dehiscing
you will be dehiscing
they will be dehiscing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dehiscing
you have been dehiscing
he/she/it has been dehiscing
we have been dehiscing
you have been dehiscing
they have been dehiscing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dehiscing
you will have been dehiscing
he/she/it will have been dehiscing
we will have been dehiscing
you will have been dehiscing
they will have been dehiscing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dehiscing
you had been dehiscing
he/she/it had been dehiscing
we had been dehiscing
you had been dehiscing
they had been dehiscing
Conditional
I would dehisce
you would dehisce
he/she/it would dehisce
we would dehisce
you would dehisce
they would dehisce
Past Conditional
I would have dehisced
you would have dehisced
he/she/it would have dehisced
we would have dehisced
you would have dehisced
they would have dehisced
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.dehisce - burst or split open; "flowers dehisce when they release pollen"
push through, break through, erupt, come out - break out; "The tooth erupted and had to be extracted"
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viridis seedpods dehisce, but in 2015, and subsequent years, these sites were not mowed until after seedpod dehiscence when a majority of plants were in various stages of senescence.
Flowers open in late afternoon (04.30-06.20 pm) and anthers dehisce almost simultaneously with corolla opening.
Green fell again, causing his wound to dehisce. He was re-hospitalized and required surgery to re-close the wound.
We chose postoperative day 3 because numerous studies have shown that the anastomoses are the weakest [11-16] and therefore most probable to dehisce on postoperative day 3.
Antral leaks are less common and seen when gastric division is done close to the pylorus where the gastric wall is thicker and more prone to dehisce. (18) On upper GI series, extraluminal contrast is identified in a track, collection or free in the peritoneal cavity.
The tapetal cells degenerate completely when the anthers dehisce. The main functions of the tapetum include producing the pollen wall components, providing nutrients for pollen development, and providing the enzymes necessary for release of the microspores from the tetrads.
Finding no or few saplings and seedlings is likely a result of seedlings lacking the deep root system that would allow them to access deeper groundwater, and seedling survival requiring a large amount of precipitation during the monsoonal season after seeds dehisce from the pods (Dimmitt, 2000).
Anthers were removed and placed among silica pellets in a glass jar and left to dry for 2-3 days at room temperature (20-25[degrees]C), which allowed the anthers to dehisce. The pollen grains were kept into silica pellets in glass jars fitted with air-tight caps at 3- 5[degrees]C until analysis.
In some of the genotypes the anthers will dehisce at around 18.00 and the flowers will start to open 30 minutes later at twilight, when honey bees are still active.
Its petals are white, pink or lilac, while the capsules (silique) are green, turn yellow when ripe, and dehisce easily when dry to release seeds.