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The Adobe Flash Player is required in order to view this content. You can get it here: acheneOne entry found. Main Entry: achene Pronunciation: \ə-ˈkēn\ Function: noun Etymology: New Latin achaenium, from a- + Greek chainein to gape, yawn — more at yawn Date: 1855 : a small dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit (as of a sunflower) developing from a simple ovary and usually having a thin pericarp attached to the seed at only one point 
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