indeterminate
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7.6
- adjective
- /ˌɪndɪˈtɜːrmɪnət/
- Specialized
- Pole beans are indeterminate plants, which means they continue to grow and produce beans throughout the entire season.
- indeterminate tomato
- indeterminate plant
- indeterminate vine
Examples
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Because if you don't, if you plant a indeterminate, you're going to get way less tomatoes.
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The First Nations Partnership Programs demonstrate the value of an indeterminate, generated approach to strengthening community capacity through education that encourages broad community participation, invites multiple perspectives on a subject matter, and emphasizes Indigenous knowledge and experience.
Academic text (2004) -
As in conventional plants, growth is potentially indeterminate and development is open.
Academic text (2001) -
Sharks are indeterminate growers, right?
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This plant right there, that plant is a indeterminate Cherokee purple with a determinate celebrity.
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The indeterminate tomato variety produces fruit continuously as it grows, allowing for a longer harvest period.
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An indeterminate plant will keep growing and flowering as long as the conditions remain favorable.
Synonyms
Growing only at the tip of the main stem, like ferns or mosses
Antonyms
- Specialized
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8.2
A plant with a main stem that stops growing and makes flowers or fruit
How Indeterminate
- Specialized
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7.6
- Specialized
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8.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
indeterminate = determinate (semi-transparent) = in + determin + ate
If the technical botanical adjective 'determinate' is known, adding 'in-' straightforwardly gives its opposite.
Etymology
Indeterminate comes from in- 'not' and determine, which originally meant 'to set a limit', like the familiar word term meaning a 'limit' or 'end'. So a plant described as indeterminate has 'no fixed end' and can keep growing and flowering.