dehisce
Americanverb (used without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of dehisce
1650–60; < Latin dēhiscere to gape, part, equivalent to dē- de- + hiscere to gape, yawn ( hi ( āre ) to yawn + -scere inchoative suffix)
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Canes short, slender, dark brown, surface roughened and covered with faint pubescence; nodes enlarged and flattened; internodes short; tendrils intermittent, bifid, dehisce early.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
It has been noted with respect to the nectar of the fuchsia that it is most abundant when the anthers are about to dehisce, and absent in the unexpanded flower.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
They dehisce properly, but do not appear to contain much pollen.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles
The anthers dehisce at different periods during the process of flowering; sometimes in the bud, but more commonly when the pistil is fully developed and the flower is expanded.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
The stamens are very numerous, and are spirally arranged; and the carpels are variable in number, sessile or stipitate and slightly united at the base and dehisce by ventral suture.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various
They protruded two very large much-branched panicles; but the florets never opened, though these included fully developed stigmas, and stamens supported on long filaments with large anthers that dehisced properly.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles
I suspect also that the pistil goes on growing for some time after the anthers have dehisced.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles
Mr. Blackley observed that the ripe anthers of rye did not dehisce whilst kept under a bell-glass in a damp atmosphere, whilst other anthers exposed to the same temperature in the open air dehisced freely.
From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles
Fruit dehiscing irregularly, the pericarp thin, loose and usually roughened; not salt-marsh plants.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Capsule large, distinctly pedicelled, dehiscing by 4–8 revolute segments.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Stamens 10, distinct, slightly declined; anthers dehiscing longitudinally.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Capsule distinctly pedicelled, oblong-globose, dehiscing by 4–6 irregular valves.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Parachute Fruits 1, Ripe fruit of willow-herb, dehiscing.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various
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