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dehiscent

[di′his·ənt]
(botany)
Becoming open at maturity to release seeds, as certain fruits.
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Fruits mature in a short period and dehisce along the septa to disperse seeds for which dry conditions are essential.
Entomophily, ornithophily and anemochory in the highly self-incompatible Boswellia ovalifoliolata Bal. & Henry (Burseraceae), an endemic and endangered medicinal tree species
When a drop of rain hits the cup-shaped top of a yellow or brown scutellum, it dehisces and falls off the plant and the resulting mechanical energy from this event causes the scales to throw the nutlets away from the plant.
Hydroballochory in two Texas species of skullcap (Scutellaria Drummodii, S. Wrightii; Lamiaceae)
General Risks Factors of Wound Dehiscence Factors Rationale Gender Males are more prone to dehisce than females.
Development of abdominal wound dehiscence after a colectomy: a nursing challenge
It was released on her own self-funded Dehisce label.
Culture: Womanhood in the Round; Mike Davies disconnects with Carina Round
There's no way to get a good handle on who's going to dehisce and who's not, so all comers need to be informed a priori of the potential," he said.
Discuss rupture risk with myomectomy patients. (Uterine Rupture in Pregnancy)
All mature fruits were collected as they began to dehisce.
POLLEN-MEDIATED SELECTIVE ABORTION IN YUCCAS AND ITS CONSEQUENCES FOR THE PLANT-POLLINATOR MUTUALISM
Fruits mature and dehisce in late summer or early fall.
Phenology and pollinator-prey conflict in the carnivorous plant, Sarracenica alata
But unfortunately, our findings were not different from those observed in earlier studies (Agrawal and Manisha, 2007), where it suppressed auto-spore mother cells to dehisce (the ratio of auto-spore mother cells to vegetative cells increased).
Replacement of Expensive Pure Nutritive Media with Low Cost Commercial Fertilizers for Mass Culture of Freshwater Algae, Chlorella vulgaris
Pods mature during August to September, with seeds being dispersed as pods dehisce and fragment.
Multiyear study of factors related to flowering phenology and reproductive yield of Baptisia alba in Northeastern Illinois
The anthers are appendiculated and dehisce by apical slits which open or close according to ambient humidity (Fig.
Floral biology and reproductive system of enantiostylous Senna corymbosa (Caesalpiniaceae)
Bolls of all genotypes harvested at 38 DPA in 1998 and 42 DPA in 1999 were considered fully mature when sutures started to dehisce naturally.
Fiber length development in near-long staple upland cotton
Fruit were collected as they began to dehisce, about two to three weeks after pollination.
The effect of inbreeding in diploid and tetraploid population of Epilobium angustifolium (Onagraceau): implications for the genetic basis of inbreeding depression

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