indehiscent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: indehiscent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for indehiscent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
indehiscent adj (of e.g. fruits) not opening spontaneously at maturity to release seeds Antonym(s): dehiscent
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Indehiscent \In`de*his"cent\, a. [Pref. in- not + dehiscent: cf. F. ind[82]hiscent.] (Bot.) Remaining closed at maturity, or not opening along regular lines, as the acorn, or a cocoanut.