dehiscent
Britishadjective
Other Word Forms
- dehiscence noun
Example Sentences
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And I am sure that, as all pendulums reverse their swing, so eventually will the swollen cities rupture like dehiscent wombs and disperse their children back to the countryside.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Coat of fruit not regularly dehiscent; nut, in the wild species, rough-coated; leaflets, except in a cultivated species, over 11 in number 81. Juglans. r.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
Capsule, a dry dehiscent seed-vessel of a compound pistil, 122.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
Sporangia subglobose, irregular, sessile, without a hypothallus; the wall thin, marked with branching veins, irregularly dehiscent.
From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)
Fruit 5-celled dehiscent pods, with many pendulous, winged seeds.
From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)
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