dehiscent
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And I am sure that, as all pendulums reverse their swing, so eventually will the swollen cities rupture like dehiscent wombs and disperse their children back to the countryside.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Anthers linear, extrorsely attached near the middle to the tapering apex of the long filament, which is at first included, at length versatile; the cells dehiscent by a lateral or slightly introrse line.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Pod dehiscent when ripe by two valves, tipped with a flat or angled beak White Mustard, Brassica alba. 23b.
From The Plants of Michigan Simple Keys for the Identification of the Native Seed Plants of the State by Henry Allan Gleason
A dehiscent fruit almost always contains many or several seeds, or at least more than one seed.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Asa Gray
Fruit.—Dry; consisting of three dehiscent nutlets; sometimes crested.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
