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indehiscent

/in-di-his-uhnt/US // ˌɪn dɪˈhɪs ənt //UK // (ˌɪndɪˈhɪsənt) //

不裂的,不裂纹,不裂缝,不裂变

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    Botany, Mycology.

    • : not dehiscent; not opening at maturity.

Examples

  • Sarcobasis, sr-kob′a-sis, n. a fruit consisting of many dry indehiscent cells.

  • Indehiscent fruits are either dry, as the nut, or fleshy, as the cherry and apple.

  • The pepo, another indehiscent syncarpous fruit, is illustrated by the fruit of the gourd, melon (fig. 31) and other Cucurbitaceae.

  • The pod is compressed, semicircular in form, indehiscent, and toothed along the lower edge.

  • Uva, ū′va, n. a name for such succulent indehiscent fruits as have a central placenta.