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nonshedding

nonshedding is the alternative form of non-shedding.

Meaning of non-shedding

Adjective

non-shedding (not comparable)

  1. Not moulting, not shedding hairs or fur.
  2. Indehiscent, not shedding seeds or fruit.
    • The farmer wants non-shedding heads of a cereal which can be gathered without shedding their grain.

Origin of nonshedding

From non- + shedding.

Questions about nonshedding

What is nonshedding the alternative form of?
Nonshedding is the alternative form of non-shedding.

Words near nonshedding in the dictionary

  1. nonshearable
  2. nonshearing
  3. nonsheathed
  4. nonshedder
  5. nonshedders
  6. nonshedding
  7. nonsheep
  8. nonshell
  9. nonshelled
  10. nonshielded
  11. nonshiftable

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonshedding (page history and authors); non-shedding (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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