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achene

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Main Entry:
achene 
          Listen to the pronunciation of 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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