Definition of Indehiscence

1. n. The property or state of being indehiscent.

Definition of Indehiscence

1. Noun. The state of being indehiscent ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Indehiscence

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Indehiscence

1. The property or state of being indehiscent. Origin: Cf. F. Indehiscence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Indehiscence

indefinite articles
indefinite block
indefinite call sign
indefinite integral
indefinite integrals
indefinite pronoun
indefinite quantity
indefinitely
indefiniteness
indefinites
indefinitude
indefinitudes
indefinity
indegree
indegrees
indehiscence (current term)
indehiscences
indehiscent
indel
indelable
indelectable
indeliberate
indeliberated
indeliberately
indelibilities
indelibility
indelible
indelible ink
indelibly
indelicacies

Literary usage of Indehiscence

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annals and Magazine of Natural History by William Jardine (1861)
"... being reduced simply to the presence of pulp and the indehiscence of the fruit. lit' these claims should be considered of insufficient value, ..."

2. Familiar Lectures on Botany: Explaining the Structure, Classification, and by Lincoln Phelps (1854)
"... or dri/nesa of the tissue, or the indehiscence of pericarps. The student would then perceive that the ..."

3. Lessons with Plants: Suggestions for Seeing and Interpreting Some of the by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"These two fruits show what a specialized feature dehiscence or indehiscence is; and they are particularly interesting as showing how much our interpretation ..."

4. Paxton's Magazine of Botany, and Register of Flowering Plants by Sir Joseph Paxton (1840)
"On the dehiscence or indehiscence of the pericarp, or its power or incapacity for splitting when mature, and either ejecting the seeds or suffering them to ..."

5. Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire for the Year (1874)
"In dry fruits the character which appears most likely to affect dispersion is their dehiscence or indehiscence, In cases where the seed vessel bursts, ..."

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