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indehiscent, a. Bot.|ɪndɪˈhɪsənt|
[in-3.]
Not dehiscent: said of fruits that do not split open when mature, but retain the seed till they decay.
1832Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 179 Cells one-seeded, indehiscent, dry, perfectly close at all times. 1841J. W. Loudon 1st Bk. Bot. (1845) 25 Most of the kerneled fruits are indehiscent, and, if left to nature, must decay before they can liberate the seed. 1871H. Macmillan True Vine 158 The fruit of the vine is indehiscent. 1872Oliver Elem. Bot. i. vii. 95 Syncarpous fruits..which are dry and indehiscent, that is, which do not open, but liberate the seed by decay, as the fruit of the Hazel, you may simply call nuts.
Hence indeˈhiscence, the quality of being indehiscent.
1847in Craig. |