achene

achene
achenial /ay kee"nee euhl, euh kee"-/, adj.
/ay keen", euh keen"/, n. Bot.
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
Also, akene.
[1835-45; < NL achaenium, equiv. to a- A-6 + Gk chain- (s. of chaínein to gape) + L -ium -IUM]

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▪ plant anatomy
      dry, one-seeded fruit lacking special seams that split to release the seed. The seed coat is attached to the thin, dry ovary wall (husk) by a short stalk, so that the seed is easily freed from the husk, as in buckwheat. The fruits of many plants in the buttercup family and the rose family are achenes.

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