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achene

Noun

a=chene

WORDNET DICTIONARY

achene(n = noun.plant) - small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall;

is a kind of fruit

Derived form adjective achenial₁

achene, n. [Gr. 'a priv. + to gape.].

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [1913 Webster]

achene, n. Bot. a small dry one-seeded fruit that does not open to liberate the seed (e.g. a strawberry pip).

Etymology

mod.L achaenium (as A-(1), Gk khaino gape)

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