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indehiscent

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in·de·his·cent

   [in-di-his-uhnt]
–adjectiveBotany, Mycology.
not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.
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Origin:
1825–35; in-3 + dehiscent

—Related forms
in·de·his·cence, noun
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in·de·his·cent   (ĭn'dĭ-hĭs'ənt)   
adj.   Botany
Not splitting open at maturity: indehiscent fruit.
in'de·his'cence n.
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