indehiscente
Spanish, adjective/indeisˈθente/
indehiscente is spelled I-N-D-E-H-I-S-C-E-N-T-E (12 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 180,102nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Indehiscente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “indehiscent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Se dice del fruto cuyo pericarpio no se abre espontáneamente para que puedan salir las semillas”.
What does indehiscente mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Se dice del fruto cuyo pericarpio no se abre espontáneamente para que puedan salir las semillas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of indehiscente
- indehiscentes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce indehiscente?
- /indeisˈθente/
- [ĩn̪.d̪ei̯sˈθẽn̪.t̪e]
- /indeiˈsente/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to indehiscente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is indehiscente in Spanish?
indehiscente appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).