dehiscent

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And I am sure that, as all pendulums reverse their swing, so eventually will the swollen cities rupture like dehiscent wombs and disperse their children back to the countryside.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

Neque enim ante dehiscent Adtonitœ magna ora domus.—VIRGIL.

From Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death by Myers, F. W. H. (Frederic William Henry)

Coat of fruit not regularly dehiscent; nut, in the wild species, rough-coated; leaflets, except in a cultivated species, over 11 in number 81. Juglans. r.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

A dehiscent fruit almost always contains many or several seeds, or at least more than one seed.

From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa

Sporangium at maturity dehiscent in a regular circumscissile manner, the apex falling away as a lid, leaving behind the more persistent cup-shaped portion.

From The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio by Morgan, A. P. (Andrew Price)