undecayed

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There Dr. Smith found his fish, rank but undecayed, on Trader Hunt's little ship.

From Time Magazine Archive

The ground throughout the forest is encumbered with fallen trunks, sometimes piled one on another to the depth of 20 or 30 feet, which, owing to the continuous moisture, remain undecayed for centuries.

From North America by Russell, Israel C. (Cook)

Decayed vegetation, well mixed with the soil, increases the soil's water-holding capacity, but undecayed material in the bottom of the furrow is harmful.

From Crops and Methods for Soil Improvement by Agee, Alva

Curiously enough, the heavier the standing timber, the easier it had been to slip through with wagons, there being but little undecayed timber or down timber.

From Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail by Wilson, F. N. (Frederick N.)

Woman thou, yet male the same, still fresh and undecayed!

From A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C. by Davis, William Stearns