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achene
(ā kēn′, ə-)
noun
any small, dry, indehiscent fruit with one seed which is attached to the ovary wall only at one point, as the strawberry
Origin: ModL achenium < Gr a-, not + chainein, to gape: see yawn
Related Forms:
- achenial adjective
See achene in American Heritage Dictionary 4
also a·kene
noun A small, dry, indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a thin wall, as in the sunflower.
Origin:
Origin: New Latin achēnium
Origin: : Greek a-, without; see a-1
Origin: + Greek khainein, to yawn
.Related Forms:
- a·cheˈni·al (-nē-əl) adjective
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