Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of starting or flying asunder.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act of leaping or starting asunder.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the emergence of seeds as seed pods burst open when they are ripe

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