dehiscent
Will spontaneously burst open to release it's contents, usually spores or seeds.
dendrite
-one of usually numerous, short, highly branched processes of a neuron that conveys nerve impulses toward the cell body.
dehiscent Mature fruit that splits open to release the seed.
dehiscent fruit Fruit that splits open at maturity, facilitating seed dispersal.
deirid Sensory papilla on each side near the anterior end of some nematodes.
a fleshy or pulpy indehiscent fruit with the seed embedded in the fleshy tissue of the pericarp.
Compare: drupe, pyrene.
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When the fruits open and release their seeds in a regular way, it is called dehiscent, which is often distinctive for related groups of plants, these fruits include; Capsules, follicles, legumes, silicles and siliques.
drupe - a one-seeded indehiscent fruit having a hard bony endocarp, a fleshy mesocarp, and a thin exocarp that is flexible (as in the cherry) or dry and almost leathery (as in the almond) (Merriam-Webster) ...
the spore case of bryophytes; in angiosperms, a dry dehiscent fruit, composed of more than one carpel
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby
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 See also: Fruit, Tissue, Shell, Plant, Compound
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