indehiscent

A botanical term describing a fruit or seed pod that does not split open when ripe to release its seeds.

• 🇪🇸Término botánico que describe un fruto o una cápsula seminal que no se abre al madurar para liberar las semillas.

1. Not opening at maturity C2 formal scientific

   Describing fruits or seed pods that do not open spontaneously when ripe to release their seeds.

   • Many nuts are indehiscent fruits that require external force to open.
   • The indehiscent pods of this plant remain closed even after drying.
   • Botanists classify legumes as either dehiscent or indehiscent based on their seed dispersal method.

   🇪🇸indehiscente

   Antónimos: dehiscent

• more indehiscent comparative form
• most indehiscent superlative form