deiscência
Portuguese, noun/dejˈsẽ.sjɐ/
deiscência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dehiscence (opening of an organ by its own means)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quando um fruto se abre naturalmente na planta-mãe, liberando as sementes”.
What does deiscência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedehiscence (opening of an organ by its own means)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. quando um fruto se abre naturalmente na planta-mãe, liberando as sementes.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of deiscência
- deiscências plural
- de.is.cên.cia canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deiscência?
- Brazil /dejˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil [deɪ̯ˈsẽ.sjɐ]
- Portugal /dɐjʃˈsẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to deiscência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is deiscência in Portuguese?
deiscência appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).