Dehiscent

Word DEHISCENT
Character 9
Hyphenation de his cent
Pronunciations /dɪˈhɪsənt/

Definitions and meanings of "Dehiscent"

What do we mean by dehiscent?

Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid

Which dehisces or presents dehiscence

Synonyms and Antonyms for Dehiscent

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The word "dehiscent" in example sentences

All those nearest to it were already jamming the doorway in their rush to get out, and bursting forth like seeds from a dehiscent pod in all directions as the pressure behind expelled them into the night. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The fruit consists of a group of divergent follicles; a dry fruit which is dehiscent along one rupture site in order to release seeds. ❋ Pooky (2009)

FRUIT: A flat brown, papery, prominently veined dehiscent pod to 10 cm long by 2 cm broad, often slightly constricted between some or all seeds. ❋ Unknown (1999)

FRUIT: A dehiscent yellowish brown capsule narrowing abruptly at the base. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Capsule A dry dehiscent fruit, composed of two or more united carpels. ❋ Unknown (1999)

Pods are small and turn brown when ripening, dehiscent generally with two shiny black seeds in the vessel. ❋ Unknown (1996)

The pods are flat with raised margins, narrow at the base, and are elastically dehiscent from the apex. ❋ Unknown (1994)

Mature pods are strongly dehiscent, throwing their contents up to 25 m from the parent tree and creating problems for seed collection. ❋ Unknown (1994)

Even the fruit, consisting of the dry dehiscent pod and the seeds contained in it, are a valuable feed source, with moderate CF ❋ Unknown (1994)

They are carried, 2-14 at a time, in long, flattened or cylindrical, dehiscent pods with deep constrictions between the segments (Allen and Allen, 1981; Coates Palgrave, 1983). ❋ Unknown (1994)

The dehiscent pods arc flat and somewhat curved, brown and up to about 20 cm long and 5-10 mm wide when ripe, with slight constrictions between the seeds. ❋ Unknown (1990)

Pods are dehiscent (open by splitting at maturity), yellowish to brown, flat, papery, and oblong (2-19 cm long by 1-3. 4 cm wide). ❋ Unknown (1990)

The female flowers are followed by dehiscent capsules, usually trilocular, with 6 seeds, usually winged for wind dispersal, though many of the cultivated forms have become partially or highly sterile. ❋ Unknown (1987)

The fruit is a glabrous or hirsute dehiscent capsule 5-8 mm in diameter containing ❋ Unknown (1987)

-- Halted at Ghaloom's, the Rafflesiacea is found all about, anth. bilocular, apice poro-gemino dehiscent, pollen simplex, materie viscosa cohaerenti, ovula antitropa, tegumento unico. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

Found very few plants; noticed a flower of a Ternstroemiacea nearly allied to the genus Camellia, cor.rotat. lacin. reflexis, albis fauce carnea.stam. 00, epipet.anther. erectis - apice dehiscent, and of a large Hibiscus; the Caelogyne of the Koond was also found. ❋ William Griffith (N/A)

If the fruit is a dehiscent one and the seed is therefore soon exposed, the seed-coat has to provide for the protection of the embryo and may also have to secure dissemination. ❋ Various (N/A)

Anthers erect, with short filaments, two-celled; dehiscent longitudinally. ❋ Unknown (1920)

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