Definition of Achne
{ A*chene" (&?;), 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 achænium.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- (Botany): A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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