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閉果 (へいか) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

閉へい果か

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か

Meanings

1

noun

indehiscent fruit

botany

Botanical term for a fruit that does not split open at maturity to release seeds.

閉へい果かは熟じゅくしても裂れっ開かいしない果か実じつの総そう称しょうです。
Indehiscent fruit is a general term for fruits that do not split open even when ripe.

Kanji

閉closed, shut
果fruit, reward, carry out

Similar words

裂れっ開かい果か
裂開果 is a dehiscent fruit that splits open at maturity, the opposite of 閉果.

Etymology

Compound of 閉 (へい, 'closed') and 果 (か, 'fruit'), literally 'closed fruit'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is a modern botanical coinage.