Achene definitions

Achene

1) Any small, one-seeded fruit 2) Berry nub 3) Dry fruit 4) Fruit 5) Fruit of a buttercup 6) Fruit on a strawberry 7) Hard area of strawberry 8) Hard, dry one-seeded fruit 9) One-seeded fruit 10) One-seeded fruit, botanically 11) Part of a buttercup 12) Part of a strawberry 13) Part of a sunflower 14) Small, dry fruit
Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/achene

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achene

a dry 1-seeded indehiscent fruit; e.g. members of the Ranunculaceae.
Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms

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achene

a dry, 1-seeded, indehiscent fruit formed from a superior ovary of one carpel. Used to describe the fruit of the Asteraceae formed from an inferior ovary, following the definition given by De Candolle; equivalent to the term cypsela
Found on http://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/help/glossary

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Achene

• (n.) Alt. of Achenium
Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/achene/

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Achene

Achenes are dry fruits, which do not split to release their single seed. Often, achenes look just like seeds. The layers of the fruit that are quite thick in berries and other fruits are reduced to a thin layer covering the true seed.
Found on http://www.botanicalkeys.co.uk/flora/content/glossary.html

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achene

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 ... [5 related articles]
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/a/11

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Achene

a small, dry, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit (i.e. one that does not split open), deriving from a one-chambered ovary, typical of the Asteraceae
Found on http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/botanicalterms.html

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achene

A dry, one-seeded fruit formed from a single carpel, with no special method of opening to liberate the seed (i.e., it does not open spontaneously). Achenes may be smooth-walled (e.g., buttercup); feathery (e.g., traveler's joy); spiny (e.g., corn buttercup); or winged (e.g., sycamore). Winged achene...
Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/achene.html

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Achene

A small, dry fruit covered with a thin tight skin.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20637

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Achene

A small, dry fruit that contains one loose seed and that does not split open spontaneously, e.g. sunflower seed.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20901

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achene

<botany> A dry, closed (indehiscent) fruit which contains a single seed. ... (06 May 1997) ...
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973

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Achene

a small, dry, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit (i.e. one that does not split open), deriving from a one-chambered ovary, typical of the asteraceae
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21767

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Achene

A small, dry, indehiscent, single-seeded fruit in which the seed coat is separate from the ovary wall.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22034

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Achene

A one-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit with the seed coat not attached to the mature ovary wall.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22037

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Achene

A one-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit with the seed coat not attached to the mature ovary wall.
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22038

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Achene

One-seeded, non-splitting dry fruit
Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22113

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Achene

An achene is a kind of dry, indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a leathery pericarp that is easily separated from the seed coat (for example, sunflower).
Found on http://www.fruitsinfo.com/glossary.htm

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achene

A small, dry fruit with one seed
Found on http://www.neonaturalist.com/nature/nature_glossary.html

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Achene

In botany, an achene is a small, dry carpel containing a single seed, the pericarp of which is closely applied but separable and which does not open when ripe.
Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/BA.HTM

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Achene

A dry, one-seeded fruit, without a predictable opening and formed from a single carpel.
Found on http://www.swsbm.com/ManualsMM/MedHerbGloss2.txt

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achene

A one-seeded, dry, indehiscent (does not split at maturity) fruit with seed attached to fruit wall at one point only, derived from a one-loculed superior ovary
Found on http://www.virtualherbarium.org/glossary/glossary.php?cid=65

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achene

achene A small, dry fruit which is formed from a simple ovary bearing a single seed and that ripens without splitting its sheath open.
Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/2838/4

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achene

noun small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974

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achene

Dry, one-seeded fruit that develops from a single ovary and does not split open to disperse the seed. Achenes commonly occur in groups – for example, the fruiting heads of buttercup Ranunculus and clematis. The outer surface may be smooth, spiny, ribbed, or tuberculate, depending on the species
Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221

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achene

any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/achene

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