˜yÐÄvlog

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indehiscent

[ in-di-his-uhnt ]

adjective

Botany, Mycology.
  1. not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.


indehiscent

/ ˌɪ²Ô»åɪˈ³óɪ²õÉ™²Ô³Ù /

adjective

  1. (of fruits) not dehiscent; not opening to release seeds
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Derived Forms

  • ËŒ¾±²Ô»å±ðˈ³ó¾±²õ³¦±ð²Ô³¦±ð, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ¾±²Ôd±ð·³ó¾±²õc±ð²Ô³¦±ð noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of indehiscent1

First recorded in 1825–35; in- 3 + dehiscent ( def )
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Example Sentences

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Pod flattened contrary to the narrow partition; the two cells indehiscent and falling away at maturity from the partition as closed nutlets, strongly wrinkled or tuberculate, 1 seeded.

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A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; Ã called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.

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Samara, sÄ-mar′a, or sam′-, n. a dry indehiscent, usually one-sided fruit, with a wing, as in the ash, elm, and maple—the last a double samara.—adjs.

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But some fruits are indehiscent, falling to Dehiscence of fruits. the ground entire, and the seeds eventually reaching the soil by their decay.

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Of dry fruits many are indehiscent; and these are variously arranged to be transported by animals.

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