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Dehiscent

adjective
1.
(of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds.





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"Dehiscent" Quotes from Famous Books



... aethalioid or distinct; the peridium usually simple, sometimes double, irregularly dehiscent, more or less definitely calcareous; capillitium a uniform irregular net, dilated and calcareous at the nodes, adherent on all sides to ...
— The North American Slime-Moulds • Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride
... Stamens indefinite, free, in 5-6 series. Ovary free, 2-celled, each cell containing 2 ovules. Style bilobed. Fruit nearly unilocular, ovate, acuminate, encompassed at its base by the sepals, the lower part of the petals, and crowned by the style. Pericarp woody, dehiscent at the tip by 2-4 valves; contains 1-4 seeds, slightly ...
— The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines • T. H. Pardo de Tavera


Words linked to "Dehiscent" :   dehisce, dehiscence, indehiscent


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