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achenium |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Achene \A*chene"\, Achenium \A*che"ni*um\n. [Gr. 'a priv. + ? to gape.] (Bot.) A small dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also {akene} and {ach[ae]nium}.]
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