Dehiscence is the splitting of a mature plant structure along a built-in line of weakness to release its contents. This is common among fruits, anthers...

Dehiscence /dɪˈhɪsəns/ can refer to: Dehiscence (botany), the spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium...

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wasp Stenogastrinae Operculum (botany), various lids and flaps pertaining to plants, algae, and fungi Dehiscence (botany), the opening of a plant structure...

In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering (see Fruit anatomy). Fruits are the...

1-6 small seeds. After about 8 weeks of growth, the fruit undergoes dehiscence (botany), which releases neutrally buoyant seeds into the water column. If...

and location of dehiscence (see Simpson Fig 9.41 and Hickey & King ). Loculicidal capsules possess longitudinal lines of dehiscence radially aligned...

botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well...

separate by splitting the septa (septicidal dehiscence), or by spitting between them (loculicidal dehiscence), or the ovary may open in other ways, as through...

called explosive dehiscence or ballistochory. This reaction is where the name 'touch-me-not' comes from; in mature seed pods, dehiscence can easily be triggered...