dehiscent

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin dehīscentem, present participle of dehīscō (“to divide, split open, gape”), from hīscō (“to yawn, gape”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈhɪsənt/ === Adjective === dehiscent (comparative more dehiscent, superlative most dehiscent) (medicine) Of or pertaining to dehiscence, i.e., a rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid. (botany) Which dehisces or presents dehiscence. a dehiscent fruit ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “dehiscent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === decentish == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dehīscente, present participle of dehīscō (“to divide, split open, gape”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [də.iˈse̞n] IPA(key): (Balearic) [də.iˈsent] IPA(key): (Central) [də.iˈsen] IPA(key): (Valencia) [de.iˈsent] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [de.iˈsen] Rhymes: (Central) -en, (Balearic, Valencia) -ent Hyphenation: de‧his‧cent === Adjective === dehiscent m or f (masculine and feminine plural dehiscents) (botany) dehiscent (which dehisces) un fruit dehiscent ― a dehiscent fruit === Further reading === “dehiscent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “dehiscent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “dehiscent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “dehiscent”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deˈ(ɦ)iːs.kɛnt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈiʃ.ʃent] Hyphenation: de‧hīs‧cent === Verb === dehīscent third-person plural future active indicative of dehīscō == Romanian == === Alternative forms === дехисчент (dehiscent) — post-1930s Cyrillic spelling === Etymology === Borrowed from French déhiscent, from Latin dehīscentis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /de.hisˈt͡ʃent/ Rhymes: -ent Hyphenation: de‧his‧cent === Adjective === dehiscent m or n (feminine singular dehiscentă, masculine plural dehiscenți, feminine/neuter plural dehiscente) (botany) dehiscent (which dehisces) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “dehiscent”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026