dehiscent

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Cones dehiscent at maturity.

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  1. Opening, as the capsule of a plant.
  2. In entomology, divergent at the tips, as if tending to split apart: said especially of the elytra when they are separated at the apices.

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  1. = French déhiscent, from Latin dehiscen(t-)s, present participle of dehiscere, gape: see dehisce.
 

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