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indehiscent
[ in-di-his-uhnt ]
adjective
- not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.
indehiscent
/ ˌɪ²Ô»åɪˈ³óɪ²õÉ™²Ô³Ù /
adjective
- (of fruits) not dehiscent; not opening to release seeds
Derived Forms
- ËŒ¾±²Ô»å±ðˈ³ó¾±²õ³¦±ð²Ô³¦±ð, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ¾±²Ôd±ð·³ó¾±²õc±ð²Ô³¦±ð noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of indehiscent1
Example Sentences
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.
A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; Ã called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.
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.
But some fruits are indehiscent, falling to Dehiscence of fruits. the ground entire, and the seeds eventually reaching the soil by their decay.
Of dry fruits many are indehiscent; and these are variously arranged to be transported by animals.
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