Achene Definition

ākēn, əkēn

noun

A small, dry, indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a thin wall, as in a sunflower.

American Heritage

Any small, dry, indehiscent fruit, as the strawberry, with one seed which is attached to the ovary wall at only one point.

Webster's New World

(botany) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Achene

Singular:

achene

Plural:

achenes

From French akène and its source, Latin achena, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “a-”) + χαίνω (chainō, “to gape”).

From Wiktionary
New Latin achēnium Greek a- without a–¹ Greek khainein to yawn

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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