dehisce

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The name capsule is applied generally to all dry syncarpous fruits, which dehisce by valves.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

It has been noted with respect to the nectar of the fuchsia that it is most abundant when the anthers are about to dehisce, and absent in the unexpanded flower.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

When mature they dehisce by a small opening, and when broken open will disclose the olive or greenish-yellow capillitium.

From The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise Its Habitat and its Time of Growth by Hard, Miron Elisha

Canes long, few, reddish-brown, faint bloom; nodes enlarged, flattened; tendrils semi-continuous, bifid, dehisce early.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

Canes slender, dark brown, heavily pubescent; tendrils continuous, bifid, dehisce early.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.