Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dehiscence

1 sense of dehiscence

Sense 1
dehiscence -- ((biology) release of material by splitting open of an organ or tissue; the natural bursting open at maturity of a fruit or other reproductive body to release seeds or spores or the bursting open of a surgically closed wound)
       => organic phenomenon -- ((biology) a natural phenomenon involving living plants and animals)