Dehisce

PRONUNCIATION: (di-HIS)
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MEANING: (verb intr.)

  • 1. To burst open, as the pod of a plant.
  • 2. To gape.
  • ETYMOLOGY: When a peapod is ripe after a long wait and bursts open, it’s yawning, etymologically speaking. The term dehisce comes from Latin dehiscere (to split open), from hiscere (to gape, yawn), from Latin hiare (to yawn). Another term that derives from the same root is hiatus.
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