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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 and neuter plural indehiscente)

  1. indehiscent

Declension

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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