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explosive: Opening abruptly with almost instantaneous aperture formation and release of accumulated structural tensions, the contents thus forcibly expelled.[1]
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Example(s): Example sentences from FNA : [1] Seeds often with basal aril involved in explosive ejection of seed from capsule; [2] Spores released by explosive opening of operculum.

References

  1. Categorical Glossary for the Flora of North America Project, by Robert W. Kiger and Duncan M. Porter. 2001. Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation.