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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.

A dry dehiscent fruit composed of more than one carpel; the spore-case of Hepaticæ, etc.

Valve, the several parts of a dehiscent pericarp; the doorlike lid by which some anthers open.

In addition, we are using imaging more often for hearing loss and ear infection than we did in the past as newer diagnoses like "dehiscent semicircular canal" have become a new concern.

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A dehiscent fruit almost always contains many or several seeds, or at least more than one seed.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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