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dehiscence

DEFINITIONS OF: dehiscence

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n (biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound

Type of:
organic phenomenon
(biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals
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