dehisce
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 7
/dɪˈhɪs/
Definition of dehisce
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.
“Anthers dehisce when the flower opens.”
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verb
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(intransitive)To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen or similar content.
“Anthers dehisce when the flower opens.”
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(intransitive)To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound.
“A surgical wound may partially or completely dehisce after surgery, depending upon whether some or all of the layers of tissue come open.”
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dehīscō (“to gape, open”), from hiō (“to be open”); related to hiatus.
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