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achene

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Noun
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a=chene

CIDE DICTIONARY

achenen. [Gr. 'a priv. + to gape.].
     A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

achene, n. Bot. a small dry one-seeded fruit that does not open to liberate the seed (e.g. a strawberry pip).

Etymology
mod.L achaenium (as A-(1), Gk khaino gape)

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