de·his·cence 
(dĭ-hĭsəns)
(dĭ-hĭsəns)n.
1. Botany The spontaneous opening at maturity of a plant structure, such as a fruit, anther, or sporangium, to release its contents.
2. Medicine A rupture or splitting open, as of a surgical wound, or of an organ or structure to discharge its contents.
de·hiscent adj.
dehiscencesplit fruit exposing the seed of a
horse chestnut tree
- distress signal
- distributary
- distribute
- distribution
- distributional
- distributive
- distributive education
- distributively
- distributiveness
- distributor
- distributorship
- district
- district attorney
- district court
- District of
- District of Columbia
- districtwide
- distrust
- distrustful
- distrustfully
- distrustfulness
- disturb
- disturbance
- disturbed
- disturber