Breakable; spec. (of a plant part) breaking into irregular pieces.

Designating a type of dehiscence in which a fruit dehisces (splits) along the septa between the carpels. Also (of a fruit, spec. a capsule): that…

Designating a type of dehiscence in which the valves of a capsule break away from the septa. Also (of a fruit, esp. a capsule): that dehisces in…

Of, pertaining or relating to, or situated in a suture. Botany esp. of dehiscence taking place at the suture of a pericarp.

Name for a form of dehiscence in which the seed-vessel (pyxidium) opens by a transverse circular line, so that the upper part comes off like a lid.

Gaping open; spec., in Botany opening as seed-vessels.

Taking place through or by means of pores; (Botany) designating dehiscence in which the seeds are discharged through holes in the fruit.

Having a transverse circular fissure; opening by circumscissile dehiscence.