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indehiscent

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not dehiscing when mature; not dehiscent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Examples

  • The farmer wants indehiscent heads of a cereal which can be gathered without shedding their grain.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

(of e.g. fruits) not opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: dehiscent

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English dehiscent English indehiscent From in- + dehiscent.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: andishilius — botany
  • Catalan: indehiscent — botany
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不開裂的 /不开裂的 (bù kāi liè de) — botany
  • Dutch: niet-openspringend — botany
  • French: indéhiscent — botany
  • German: Schließ- — botany
  • Italian: indeiscente — botany
  • Marathi: अस्फुटनशील (asphuṭanśīl) — botany
  • Marathi: अस्फुटिर (asphuṭir) — botany
  • Marathi: बद्ध (baddha) — botany
  • Marathi: कठिण (kaṭhiṇ) — botany
  • Marathi: न उकलणारे (na ukalṇāre) — botany
  • Marathi: अस्फोटी (asphoṭī) — botany
  • Russian: нерастре́скивающийся (nerastréskivajuščijsja) — botany
  • Russian: нераскрыва́ющийся (neraskryvájuščijsja) — botany
  • Spanish: indehiscente — botany
  • Tagalog: ditilarin — botany
  • Welsh: anymagorol — botany