A pea pod is a dehiscent fruit, meaning it opens up upon maturity to release its seeds.
Dehiscent the mature overy wall (pericarp) breaks open therby freeing the seeds. Indehiscent seeds remain in the fruit after the fruit has ben shed from the parent plant.
dehiscenthave open fruits and they disperse when mature indehiscentdo not have open fruits.
Fruits are classified based on their botanical classification as either fleshy or dry fruits. Fleshy fruits can be further categorized as simple, aggregate, or multiple fruits. Dry fruits are classified as dehiscent or indehiscent based on how they release their seeds.
Dehiscent fruit --- fruits that opens at maturity to release seeds.
Almonds are nuts. Nuts are fruits that are indehiscent(not opening at maturity.)
It's a dry indehiscent fruit.
Okra is an example of a dehiscent fruit, as it opens along a seam to release its seeds when mature.
An achene is, botanically speaking, a small, dry, indehiscent fruit containing a single seed, such as the buttercup.
An example of a dry indehiscent fruit is a nut, such as an acorn or chestnut. These fruits do not split open at maturity to release their seeds, and instead remain closed.
An achenium is another word for an achene - botanically speaking, a small, dry, indehiscent fruit containing a single seed, such as the buttercup.
A bursting open or splitting along natural or sutured lines. You probably have seen this when some plants' fruiting bodies open and their seeds are released.