achene

English - Turkish

Definition of achene in English Turkish dictionary

(bot.) aken

açılmaz ve sert kabuklu bir meyve tipi

kapçık meyva

tek tohumlu

{i} aken

{i} kapçık meyve

English - English

Definition of achene in English English dictionary

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists

A small, dry, one-seeded fruit See drawing of fruits

A single-seeded, dry fruit that does not open at maturity (ie sunflower seed)

this is a dry fruit containing only one seed and which does not split open (a hazelnut)

A type of dry, indehiscent (closed) fruit that contains a single seed and develops from a simple ovary The pericarp often adheres to the seed at only one point Example: strawberry

Small, dry, one-seeded fruit

small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall

small, dry and hard one-seeded fruit

A small, dry, one-seeded fruit, without a predictable opening (does not split open spontaneously) and formed from a single carpel It's usually one of many, like an unshelled Sunflower seed

Dry indehiscent (remaining closed at maturity) one-seeded fruit The standard fruit of the sedge family, including Carex

A hard, dry, one-chambered, one-seeded indehiscent fruit The fruit wall is not joined with the seed coat Example: spinach and sunflower

Small one-seeded, thin walled, indehiscent fruit smaller than a nut

A small, dry fruit that contains one loose seed and that does not split open spontaneously (example: sunflower seed)

A small, dry, 1-celled, 1-seeded, indehiscent fruit, the seed attached to the wall of the fruit at one place Example: London Plane

a fruit which is small, dry, hard, 1-celled and 1-seeded

{i} one-seeded fruit which does not open when ripe (Botany)

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; called a naked seed by the earlier botanists

achenium

Related Terms

achenes

plural of achene

Hyphenation

a·chene

Etymology

[ &-'kEn ] (noun.) 1855. From French akène and its source, Latin achena, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (“a-”) + χαίνω (chainō, “to gape”).