indehiscent

• Termo botânico que descreve um fruto ou cápsula que não se abre naturalmente na maturidade para liberar as sementes.

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

1. Not opening at maturityC2formalscientific

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

   Indeiscente

   • 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.

   Antônimosdehiscent