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 de·his·cence /dɪˈhɪsṇ(t)s/
 裂開

 de·his·cence /dɪˈhɪsṇ(t)s/ 名詞
 開裂

 De·his·cence n.
 1. The act of gaping.
 2. Biol. A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.
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 dehiscence
      n : (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