DEHISCENCE

n. De-hi2s'eI>ns. Lat., dehiscent i a. Fr., dehiscence, chute de Vceuf (2d def.), delivrance de Vceuf (2d def.), travail vesicula ire (2d def.). Ger., Dehiscenz, Aufspringen. It., deiscenza. Sp., dehiscent i a. 1. In plants, the act of dehiscing, gaping, or splitting open (said particularly of the anthers when emitting the pollen, and of the fruit when it discharges its seed). 2. The bursting of a Graaflan follicle. [B, 291 (a, 24).] Abnormal d. See Irregular d. Apical d., Apicilar d. Lat., dehiscent i a O, no; O, not; O>, whole; Th, thin; Th, the; U, like GO in too; [s. 521]