indehiscentadj.
/ɪndɪˈhɪsənt/ Botany.
Not dehiscent: said of fruits that do not split open when mature, but retain the seed till they decay.
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the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > fruit or reproductive product > [adjective] > indehiscent or like an achene
four-wingeda1711
nucamentaceous1829
samaroid1830
indehiscent1832
pseudospermic1835
nucamentous1840
pseudo-spermous1849
tetrapterous1860
achenial1863
cypselous1878
schizocarpous1905
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 179 Cells one-seeded, indehiscent, dry, perfectly close at all times.
1841 J. W. Loudon 1st Bk. Botany i. 28 Most of the kerneled fruits are indehiscent, and, if left to nature must decay before they can liberate the seed.
1871 H. Macmillan True Vine 158 The fruit of the vine is indehiscent.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) 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.
Derivatives
indeˈhiscence n. the quality of being indehiscent.
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1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
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adj.1832