adjective
definition
Not dehiscing when mature; not dehiscent.
example
The farmer wants indehiscent heads of a cereal which can be gathered without shedding their grain.
Examples of indehiscent in a Sentence
On this basis, with other interesting morphological comparisons, Brefeld erected his hypothesis, now untenable, that the Ascomycetes and Basidiomycetes diverge from the Zygomycetes, the former having particularly specialized the ascus (sporangial) mode of reproduction, the latter having specialized the conidial (indehiscent one-spored sporangiole) mode.
On the other hand, indehiscent fruits discharge these functions for the embryo, and the seed-coat is only slightly developed.
The absence of an annulus from their indehiscent sporangia makes it impossible to compare them with the other Ferns in respect of this important character.