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Dehiscence vs Stomium - What's the difference?

dehiscence | stomium |

In botany terms the difference between dehiscence and stomium

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 stomium is the region of a sporangium where dehiscence takes place.

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.

    • stomium

    English

    Noun

    (stomia)
  • (botany) The region of a sporangium where dehiscence takes place