indigestible

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Indigestible bulk continues through the intestines, turning a dark brown from the bile.

From The Verge • Mar. 26, 2015

Indigestible waste material is ejected from the cell when an exocytic vesicle fuses with the plasma membrane.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Indigestible articles, such as fat meat, rich pastry, hot bread, unripe fruit and vegetables, tea, coffee, spices, and stimulants, should be avoided in the diet of children.

From The Cooking Manual of Practical Directions for Economical Every-Day Cookery by Corson, Juliet

Indigestible food is also certain to affect the sweetness of the breath.

From Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. by Frost, Sarah Annie

Indigestible foods, such as pastry and heavy puddings, as well as foods which leave little residue in the intestine, such as white bread, puddings, arrowroot, are highly constipating.

From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce