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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. burst or split open;
- Example: "flowers dehisce when they release pollen"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dehisce \De*hisce"\, v. i. [L. dehiscere; de- + hiscere to
   gape.]
   To gape; to open by dehiscence.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dehisce
    v 1: burst or split open; "flowers dehisce when they release
         pollen"