In Botany is the characteristic of certain types of fruits, which open or break spontaneously to release their seed or pollen. According to the way they are opened they are divided into legumes ( side-opening pods), follicles (by the central suture), siliqua (two leaflets or shells are separated) and capsules (by a longitudinal suture). Property of dehiscent fruits.
From the Latin verb dehisco, open, open, crack . In Botany is the opening of certain reproductive structures of plants to release pollen or seeds, which usually get partly dehydrated those structures as happens in the galbies of cypresses.