Dehiscent [adjective]
Definition of Dehiscent:
unfastened, unclosed
Synonyms of Dehiscent:
● Wide
● Clear
● Free
● Exposed
● Stripped
● Cleared
● Bare
● Rent
● Removed
● Unlocked
● Patent
● Gaping
● Extended
● Agape
● Rolling
● Airy
● Ajar
● Naked
● Passable
● Spacious
● Emptied
● Unbarred
● Yawning
● Vacated
● Unfurled
● Revealed
● Unbolted
● Expanded
● Patulous
● Ringent
● Unshut
Opposite/Antonyms of Dehiscent:
● Sure
● Definite
● Decided
● Certain
● Blocked
● Shut
● Closed
● Hindered
● Limited
● Shifty
● Lying
● Vague
● Unclear
● Locked
● Fastened
Sentence/Example of Dehiscent:
Dehiscent—the pericarp splits to allow the escape of the seeds—generally many-seeded.
Pericarp woody, dehiscent at the tip by 2–4 valves; contains 1–4 seeds, slightly orbiculate, coriaceous.
Seed vessel glabrous, horizontally dehiscent, containing 15 or more angular seeds joined to a common axis.
Capsules borne on the under side of a pedunculate receptacle, irregularly dehiscent.
Calyx not minute; pod colored, dehiscent; seeds enclosed in a pulpy aril.
Fruit dry and dehiscent; the pods (follicles) opening down the ventral suture, many-rarely few-seeded.
Anther-cells bilocellate by a vertical partition and longitudinally dehiscent.
A dry dehiscent fruit composed of more than one carpel; the spore-case of Hepatic, etc.
The fruit of the Leguminos, formed of a simple pistil and usually dehiscent by both sutures.
Dehiscent, that is, they split open regularly along certain lines, and discharge the seeds.