indehiscent

How to use indehiscent in a sentence

• Sarcobasis, sr-kob′a-sis, n. a fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various

• indehiscent fruits are either dry, as the nut, or fleshy, as the cherry and apple.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 | Various

• The pepo, another indehiscent syncarpous fruit, is illustrated by the fruit of the gourd, melon (fig. 31) and other Cucurbitaceae.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 | Various

• The pod is compressed, semicircular in form, indehiscent, and toothed along the lower edge.

  Field and Woodland Plants | William S. Furneaux

• Uva, ū′va, n. a name for such succulent indehiscent fruits as have a central placenta.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) | Various