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English
Etymology
in- + dehiscent
Adjective
indehiscent (not comparable)
- (botany) Not dehiscing when mature; not dehiscent.
The farmer wants indehiscent heads of a cereal which can be gathered without shedding their grain.
2006 June, A. E. Stallings, “Olives”, in The New Criterion, volume 24, page 28:A rich and dark and indehiscent meat
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French indéhiscent. Equivalent to in- + dehiscent.
Adjective
indehiscent m or n (feminine singular indehiscentă, masculine plural indehiscenți, feminine and neuter plural indehiscente)
- indehiscent
Declension
Declension of indehiscent