indehiscent

Etymology

in- + dehiscent

adj

  1. (botany) Not dehiscing when mature; not dehiscent.
    The farmer wants indehiscent heads of a cereal which can be gathered without shedding their grain.
    A rich and dark and indehiscent meat 2006 June, A. E. Stallings, “Olives”, in The New Criterion, volume 24, page 28

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