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akene

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a⋅kene

  [ey-keen, uh-keen]
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–noun
achene.

a⋅chene

  [ey-keen, uh-keen]
–noun Botany.
any small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
Also, akene.

Origin:
1835–45; < NL achaenium, equiv. to a- a- 6 + Gk chain- (s. of chaínein to gape) + L -ium -ium

Related forms:
a⋅che⋅ni⋅al  [ey-kee-nee-uhl, uh-kee-] , adjective
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a·chene also a·kene   (ā-kēn')   


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n.  A small, dry, indehiscent one-seeded fruit with a thin wall, as in the sunflower.

[New Latin achēnium : Greek a-, without; see a-1 + Greek khainein, to yawn.]
a·che'ni·al (-nē-əl) adj.
a·kene   (ā-kēn')   
n.  Variant of achene.
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