Meaning & use
dehisce
To split open along a natural or surgical line, especially describing a seed pod, fruit, or healing wound.
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The pea pods dehisced in the summer heat, scattering their seeds across the garden.
The surgeon monitored the incision closely after it began to dehisce.
A note on using this word
Dehisce is a technical term used mainly in botany, for seed pods and anthers, and in medicine, for a wound that reopens along its suture line.
Words with a similar meaning
split openburst open
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