dehiscent

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All those nearest to it were already jamming the doorway in their rush to get out, and bursting forth like seeds from a dehiscent pod in all directions as the pressure behind expelled them into the night.

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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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  • All those nearest to it were already jamming the doorway in their rush to get out, and bursting forth like seeds from a dehiscent pod in all directions as the pressure behind expelled them into the night. —  A River So Long
  • They are carried, 2-14 at a time, in long, flattened or cylindrical, dehiscent pods with deep constrictions between the segments (Allen and Allen, 1981; Coates Palgrave, 1983). —  Chapter 8
  • FRUIT: A flat brown, papery, prominently veined dehiscent pod to 10 cm long by 2 cm broad, often slightly constricted between some or all seeds. —  Chapter 7
  • The female flowers are followed by dehiscent capsules, usually trilocular, with 6 seeds, usually winged for wind dispersal, though many of the cultivated forms have become partially or highly sterile. —  Chapter 37
  • FRUIT: A light brown dehiscent capsule. —  Chapter 7
 

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

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