Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not splitting open at maturity.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, not dehiscent; not opening spontaneously when mature, as a capsule or anther.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut.
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- adjective botany Not
dehiscing whenmature ; notdehiscent .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of e.g. fruits) not opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds
Etymologies
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Examples
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Early in the Neolithic revolution, we chose to cultivate nonexploding—or indehiscent—varieties.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Early in the Neolithic revolution, we chose to cultivate nonexploding—or indehiscent—varieties.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Early in the Neolithic revolution, we chose to cultivate nonexploding—or indehiscent—varieties.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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FRUIT: A grey to purple-black, straight or slightly curved indehiscent pod up to 12 cm long by 1.2 cm wide, with a whitish bloom and a gummy pulp.
Chapter 7 1999
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Berry A juicy indehiscent fruit having the seeds enclosed in pulp.
Chapter 9 1999
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Seeds are dispersed by herbivores eating the indehiscent pods or by the pods floating down rivers.
Chapter 10 1996
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Unlike most legumes, the Pterocarpus fruit is indehiscent and dispersed by wind.
Chapter 8 1996
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Seed extraction from the indehiscent pods is usually carried out by manual threshing. milling or maceration of the pods followed by winnowing and screening.
Chapter 8 1996
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Acacia nilotica is easy to recognize by its bright yellow flowers in round heads, straight stipular spines often slightly deflexed, and dark indehiscent pods compressed over the seeds.
Chapter 10 1996
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The nutritious indehiscent pods have evolved for animal dispersal.
Chapter 10 1996
asativum commented on the word indehiscent
Lovely word. Applies to achenes, where I found this one lurking pleasantly in the definition.
November 20, 2007
milosrdenstvi commented on the word indehiscent
There's probably a good pun in here somewhere.
April 22, 2009
yarb commented on the word indehiscent
Milos! That's indehiscent exposure.
April 22, 2009