dehiscent

Etymology

From Latin dehiscentem, present participle of dehiscō (“I divide, split open, gape”), from hiscō (“I yawn, gape”).

adj

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

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