1) Gapes 
dehisce, dehisces, dehisced 1. To open at definite places, discharging seeds, pollen, or other contents, as the ripe capsules or pods of some plants. 2. To rupture or to break open, as a surgical wound. 3. To burst open, as capsules of plants; to gape. In medicine: To burst open or to gape. A surgical wound may partially or completely dehisce af...