dehiscing

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• dehiscing — v. burst or split open; gape …   English contemporary dictionary

• dehisce — intransitive verb (dehisced; dehiscing) Etymology: Latin dehiscere to split open, from de + hiscere to gape; akin to Latin hiare to yawn more at yawn Date: 1657 to split along a natural line; also to discharge contents by so splitting < seedpods… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• septifragal — [sep tif′rə gəl] adj. 〚 SEPTI 2 + base of L frangere, to BREAK + AL〛 opening, or dehiscing, by the breaking away of the outer walls of the carpels from the partitions septifragally adv. * …   Universalium

• Chamaecrista — noun genus of tropical herbs or subshrubs having sensitive leaves and suddenly dehiscing pods; some species placed in genus Cassia • Syn: ↑genus Chamaecrista • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Caesalpinioideae, ↑subfamily… …   Useful english dictionary

• Circumscissile — Cir cum*scis sile, a. [Pref. circum + scissle.] (Bot.) Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of {Pyxidium}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Dissilient — Dis*sil i*ent, a. [L. dissiliens, entis, p. pr. of dissilire to leap asunder: dis + salire to leap.] Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• circumscissile — adjective Etymology: Latin circumscissus, past participle of circumscindere to tear around, from circum + scindere to cut, split more at shed Date: 1835 dehiscing by fissure around the capsule of the fruit …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dehiscence — noun Etymology: New Latin dehiscentia, from Latin dehiscent , dehiscens, present participle of dehiscere Date: 1819 an act or instance of dehiscing < pollen freed by dehiscence of the anther > • dehiscent adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• legume — noun Etymology: French légume, from Latin legumin , legumen leguminous plant, from legere to gather more at legend Date: 1676 1. a. the fruit or seed of plants of the legume family (as peas or beans) used for food b. a vegetable used for food 2.… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• loculicidal — adjective Etymology: New Latin loculus + Latin cidere to cut, from caedere Date: circa 1819 dehiscing longitudinally so as to bisect each loculus < loculicidal fruit > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• valve — noun Etymology: Latin valva; akin to Latin volvere to roll more at voluble Date: 14th century 1. archaic a leaf of a folding or double door 2. [New Latin valva, from Latin] a bodily structure (as the mitral valve) that closes temporarily a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary