Achene

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• Achêne — Achêne …   Wikipédia en Français

• Achene — A*chene , Achenium A*che ni*um . [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 {ach[ae]nium}.] [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Achēne — (lat. Achaenium), eine trockenschalige, nicht aufspringende Frucht. Näheres s. Frucht …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• Achene — Achēne (Achäne), Schließfrucht (Achaenĭum), die nicht aufspringende Frucht der Kompositen, Rosazeen und Ranunkulazeen; meist mit bleibendem Kelch (Pappus) [Tafel: Botanik I, 50] …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

• achene — [ā kēn′, əkēn′] n. [ModL achenium < Gr a , not + chainein, to gape: see YAWN] any small, dry, indehiscent fruit with one seed which is attached to the ovary wall only at one point, as the strawberry: see CARYOPSIS achenial [ākē′nē əl] adj …   English World dictionary

• Achene — An achene is a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and (they do not open at maturity). Achenes contain a single seed that nearly fills the pericarp, but does… …   Wikipedia

• achène — akène [ akɛn ] n. m. VAR. achaine, achène • 1802; de 2. a et gr. khainein « s ouvrir » ♦ Bot. Fruit sec, indéhiscent, dont la graine unique n est pas soudée au péricarpe. L akène du pissenlit, du noisetier. Les akènes de la fraise. ⇒AKÈNE, ACHÈNE …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• achène — achaine ou achène (entrée créée par le supplément) (a kê n ) s. m. Voy. akène …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• achene — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• achene — achenial /ay kee nee euhl, euh kee /, adj. /ay keen , euh keen /, n. Bot. any small, dry, hard, one seeded, indehiscent fruit. Also, akene. [1835 45; < NL achaenium, equiv. to a A 6 + Gk chain (s. of chaínein to gape) + L ium IUM] * * * ▪ plant… …   Universalium