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
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.
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