dehisce

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The name capsule is applied generally to all dry syncarpous fruits, which dehisce by valves.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

Owing to the rotation of the filaments, the anthers, when mature, dehisce towards the circumference of the flower in one form of Faramea, and towards the centre in the other form.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles

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

Mr. Blackley observed that the ripe anthers of rye did not dehisce whilst kept under a bell-glass in a damp atmosphere, whilst other anthers exposed to the same temperature in the open air dehisced freely.

From Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Darwin, Charles

The stamens are very numerous, and are spirally arranged; and the carpels are variable in number, sessile or stipitate and slightly united at the base and dehisce by ventral suture.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various