achene
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achenes, plural;
/āˈkēn/,
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achenes, plural;
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A small, dry, one-seeded fruit that does not open to release the seed
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- small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
- An achene (also sometimes referred to as "akene" and occasionally "achenium" or "achenocarp") is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and (they do not open at maturity). ...
- A dry, indehiscent, one-seeded fruit, with seed attached to pericarp at a single point.
- a fruit which is small, dry, hard, 1-celled and 1-seeded.
- a dry indehiscent 1-seeded fruit, from an either superior or inferior ovary of 1 carpel, with the seed not fused to the fruit wall; e.g. as in Ranunculaceae (from a superior ovary) and Asteraceae (from an inferior ovary and usually topped by the pappus and sometimes called a cypsela). Fig. ...
- A dry, one seeded, indehiscent fruit. Example 1 - Those little hard things stuck to strawberries. Example 2 - A sunflower seed. Yes, you are eating achenes.
- A simple, one-seeded fruit in which the seed is attached to the ovary wall at only one point, such as the "seed" on the surface of a strawberry.
- A dry one-seeded fruit which does not split. Common in sunflower family and many other flowering plants.
- a small, dry, hard, one celled, one seeded, non-spliting fruit.
- A small, dry fruit that contains one loose seed and that does not split open spontaneously, e.g., sunflower seed
- A small dry fruit with one seed inside.
- Restricted in this key to a plumed nut.
- A small, dry, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit (one that doesn’t split open), e.g. fruit of members of the Asteraceae.
- a (typically small) 'seed-like', one-seeded fruit which does not open to release the seed.
- Dry, hard, one-seeded fruit, without a special means of freeing the seed inside. Example: Sunflower.
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