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 should never be given to tempt the appetite when the ordinary simple food is refused? food should not be allowed between meals because it is refused at meal-time.

From The Care and Feeding of Children A Catechism for the Use of Mothers and Children's Nurses by Holt, L. Emmett

Indigestible materials were found in the feces, but these were of the same types as those found in the pellets.

From Food of the Crow, Corvus brachyrhynchos Brehm, in South-central Kansas by Platt, Dwight