woody wall

[Vik-Nik-Sor]

nut
a dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit that usually possesses a woody wall
Collins dictionary

Hello,
What does 'woody wall' mean in respect to nuts?

 

[bhaisahab]

The shell.

 

[5jj]

I learnt a new word today - indehiscent.

 

[Rover_KE]

Me, too.

That's why nutcrackers were invented.

 

[MikeNewYork]

In medicine, the term "dehiscence" is used to describe the splitting open of a surgical wound.

 

[5jj]

Not a doctor/vet.

I have been known to split an infinitive, but never to split open a surgical wound, which probably explains my unfamiliarity with the word.

 

[MikeNewYork]

Splitting an infinitive causes fewer problems. :lol:

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

To boldly dehisce where no nut has dehisced before.

 

[MikeNewYork]

:lol:

 

[Tdol]

In medicine, the term "dehiscence" is used to describe the splitting open of a surgical wound.

Not by the patients. ;-)

 

[Rover_KE]

...or with nutcrackers (ouch!)