dehisce
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It has been noted with respect to the nectar of the fuchsia that it is most abundant when the anthers are about to dehisce, and absent in the unexpanded flower.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
Canes long, few, reddish-brown, faint bloom; nodes enlarged, flattened; tendrils semi-continuous, bifid, dehisce early.
From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.
The formation and growth of the asci and sporidia differ little from what we have described, and when mature the asci dehisce, and the sporidia alone are ejected from the ostiolum.
From Fungi: Their Nature and Uses by Cooke, M. C. (Mordecai Cubitt)
From these masses of ova dehisce into the body cavity and float in its fluid.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
The small anthers borne by the short stamens of the female flowers are well formed and dehisce properly, but I could never find in them a single grain of pollen.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles