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Answer for the clue "What is in Washington? Start to explore and gape ", 7 letters:
dehisce

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The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dehisce \De*hisce"\, v. i. [L. dehiscere; de- + hiscere to gape.] To gape; to open by dehiscence.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive botany English) To burst or split open at definite places, discharging seeds, or pollen, or other contents, as the ripe pods of some plants. 2 (context intransitive medicine English) To rupture or break open, as a surgical wound. ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
v. burst or split open; "flowers dehisce when they release pollen"

Usage examples of dehisce.

A shang storm drove through in the evening, and Lallillir dehisced in glitter like a burning palace, so eerie and awful, so splendid that the travelers must halt and behold it.

Ztang dehisced, scattering a rattle of seeds across the floor, but everyone else offered upbeat, if bemused, encouragement.

Wayne Thomas had taken the one comfortable chair in the lounge: an old leather monster with some of its stuffing extruding through an open seam like a dehisced wound.