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Achene Definition:
- An achene is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate and indehiscent . Achenes contain a single seed that nearly fills the pericarp, but does not adhere to it. In many species, what is called the "seed" is an achene, a fruit containing the seed. The seed-like appearance is owed to the hardening of the wall of the seed-vessel, which encloses the solitary seed so closely as to seem like an outer coat.
| Achene (n.) Alt. of Achenium |
| achene small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall |