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

Pod coriaceous, stipitate, terete, more or less constricted between the seeds, 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

The achene is a dry, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit, the pericarp of which is closely applied to the seed, but separable from it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

A small, dry and hard, 1-celled, 1-seeded, indehiscent fruit.

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 hard and nut-like, 3–4-ribbed or angled, indehiscent or nearly so, usually becoming 1-celled and 1–4-seeded.

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 depressed, separating at maturity into as many 1-seeded and indehiscent round kidney-shaped blunt carpels as there are styles.

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