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I always thought I had a decent vocabulary, but reading this paragraph made me realize, not really.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehiscence_(botany )
A similar process to dehiscence occurs in some flower buds (e.g., Platycodon, Fuchsia), but this is rarely referred to as dehiscence unless circumscissile dehiscence is involved; anthesis is the usual term for the opening of flowers. Dehiscence may or may not involve the loss of a structure through the process of abscission. The lost structures are said to be caducous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehiscence_(botany )
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