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indehiscent

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English

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Etymology

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    From in- + dehiscent.

    Adjective

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    indehiscent (not comparable)

    1. (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

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French indéhiscent. Equivalent to in- +‎ dehiscent.

    Adjective

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    indehiscent m or n (feminine singular indehiscentă, masculine plural indehiscenți, feminine/neuter plural indehiscente)

    1. indehiscent

    Declension

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    Declension of indehiscent
    singular plural
    masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
    nominative-
    accusative
    indefinite indehiscent indehiscentă indehiscenți indehiscente
    definite indehiscentul indehiscenta indehiscenții indehiscentele
    genitive-
    dative
    indefinite indehiscent indehiscente indehiscenți indehiscente
    definite indehiscentului indehiscentei indehiscenților indehiscentelor