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indehiscent
Not opening by valves, etc.; remaining persistently closed.
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Indehiscent/indehiscence
The term for fruits that do not open or split to release seeds. Also see Dehiscence.
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Indehiscent: A fruit that remains closed so doesn't open to release seeds.
Inflorescence: A group of flowers growing on one stem.
Inorganic: Usually refers to fertilisers - those that do not derive from living material.
Indehiscent Not opening, as applied to fruits.
Indeterminate Said of those kinds of inflorescence whose terminal flowers open last, hence the growth or elongation of the main axis is not arrested by the opening of the first flowers.
Samara- A dry, indehiscent, winged fruit, one-seeded as in Fraxinus and Ulmus or two-seeded as in Acer.
Sapling- A tree more than 0.9 in (3 ft) in height and less than 10.2 cm (4 in) in d.b.h.
(Gr. karyon, a nut, and opsis, an appearance) a small one-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit, in which the seed adheres to the thin pericarp, so that the fruit and seed are incorporated into one body, as in wheat and other kinds of grain.
Achene - small, hard, indehiscent, one-cavitied, one-seeded fruit with a thin, almost inseparable wall, as in Helianthus annuus (sunflower).
Samara - indehiscent, one or two-seeded winged fruit, as in Acer rubrum (red maple).
 See also: Dehiscent, Plant, Seed, Flower, Woody
  
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