Current definition:
opening or falling off as if cut off at the equator, the upper part coming off like a lid
Similar concepts:
CGBT: dehiscing by a line round the fruit or anther, the top coming off as a lid SSA: applied to an organ opening as if cut circularly around the upper part, which then comes off like a lid FPW: opening all around by a transverse split ATRFT1: dehiscing, breaking or parting along a transverse line around the circumference CFFP: dehiscing by a line round the fruit or anther, the top coming off like a lid IPT: a circumscissile capsule, known also as a pyxis, dehisces by a circumferential line whereby the top comes off as a single piece, as in portulacca