indehiscent
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- indehiscence noun
Etymology
Origin of indehiscent
First recorded in 1825–35; in- 3 + dehiscent ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Pod coriaceous, stipitate, terete, more or less constricted between the seeds, indehiscent.
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A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; Ð called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.
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Samara, sā-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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Fleshy fruits and stone fruits are of course indehiscent.
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