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achene

achene

English

Alternative forms

achaenium, achenium, achenocarp
(alternative spelling) akene

Noun

achene ‎(plural achenes)

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

Usage notes

Early botanists referred to achenes as naked seeds.

Derived terms

polyachene

Translations

small dry fruit

Catalan: aqueni m
Czech: nažka f
Dutch: dopvrucht
Esperanto: akeno
Finnish: pähkylä (fi)
French: akène (fr) m
German: Achäne (de) f; genera Fragaria and Rosa: Nüsschen (de) n
Irish: aicéin f
Italian: achenio m

Lombard: achénio m
Polish: niełupka (pl) f
Portuguese: aquênio (pt) m, aquénio (pt) m
Romanian: achenă (ro) f
Russian: семя́нка (ru) f ‎(semjánka)
Spanish: aquenio (es) m
Swedish: nötfrukt c
Tagalog: binhimbunga
Turkish: aken (tr)

External links

achene in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
achene at OneLook Dictionary Search