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Synonyms for achene


Grammar : Noun
Spell : ey-keen, uh-keen
Phonetic Transcription : eɪˈkin, əˈkin



Définition of achene

  • As in nut : noun seed of fruit, vegetable
Example sentences :
  • Name from , a bug, and , resemblance; from the form of the achene.
  • Extract from : « The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States » by Asa Gray
  • Calyx 6-parted or -cleft, colored, persistent about the achene.
  • Extract from : « The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States » by Asa Gray
  • Fruit usually an achene, compressed or 3–4-angled or -winged.
  • Extract from : « The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States » by Asa Gray
  • Compared with U. dioica, this achene is thinner and shorter.
  • Extract from : « Seeds of Michigan Weeds » by W. J. (William James) Beal
  • Achene triangular, pointed with the persistent base of the style.
  • Extract from : « The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States » by Asa Gray
  • The nut or achene—a fruit with hard and dry walls, as the filbert and the acorn.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • The pappus consists of a tuft of simple hairs, most of which are longer than the achene.
  • Extract from : « Field and Woodland Plants » by William S. Furneaux
  • Fruit a circumscissile 2-celled capsule, with one or more peltate seeds in each cell, or an achene.
  • Extract from : « The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States » by Asa Gray
  • Ovary 1-celled with a suspended ovule, becoming an achene; calyx none; aquatic herbs, with finely dissected whorled leaves.
  • Extract from : « The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States » by Asa Gray
  • Achene (commonly solitary) enclosed in the 4-angled dry and thickish closed calyx-tube.
  • Extract from : « The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States » by Asa Gray

Antonyms for achene

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