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Dehiscence vs Fenestration - What's the difference?

dehiscence | fenestration |

In botany terms the difference between dehiscence and fenestration

is that dehiscence is opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents while fenestration is an opening through a leaf or along a stem of a plant.

dehiscence

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (botany) Opening of an organ by its own means (such as an anther or a seed pod) to release its contents.
  • (medicine) A rupture, as with a surgical wound opening up, often with a flow of serous fluid.
  • (rare) Opening, gaping, in a general sense.

    • fenestration

    English

    (wikipedia fenestration)

    Noun

  • (architecture) The arrangement of windows and other openings in a building.
  • (surgery) An opening in the surface of an organ etc; the surgical creation of such an opening, especially one in the bony part of the inner ear made to improve hearing.
  • (botany) An opening through a leaf or along a stem of a plant.

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    Related terms

    * fenestrated (having windows)