indehiscent

American  

[in-di-his-uhnt] / ˌɪn dɪˈhɪs ənt /

adjective

Botany, Mycology.

1. not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.

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indehiscent British  

/ ˌɪndɪˈhɪsənt /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• indehiscence noun

Etymology

Origin of indehiscent

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

Example Sentences

Fruit dry, twin, of 2 indehiscent 1-seeded carpels.—A slender procumbent herb, with square stems, lanceolate pungent leaves in whorls of 4–6, and small subsessile blue or pinkish flowers surrounded by a gamophyllous involucre.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Fruit separating into 2 or 3 closed and indehiscent carpels; otherwise as n. 5.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

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

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

Pods linear or oblong, tapering upward, indehiscent, several-seeded, continuous and spongy within between the seeds, or necklace-form by constriction between the seeds, with no proper partition.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Marchantiaceæ, 727 Capsules immersed in the thallus or sessile upon it, indehiscent.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa