dehiscent
de·his·cent
adjective
1.
(of e.g. fruits and anthers) opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds
Origin
Learned borrowing from Latin dehīscentem, present participle of dehīscō (“to divide, split open, gape”), from hīscō (“to yawn, gape”).
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