Achene - Wikipedia
Achenes are monocarpellate (formed from one carpel) and indehiscent (they do not open at maturity). Achenes contain a single seed that nearly fills the pericarp, but does not adhere to it. …
Achene | Fruit, Seed, Structure | Britannica
Achene, dry, one-seeded fruit lacking special seams that split to release the seed. The seed coat is attached to the thin, dry ovary wall (husk) by a short stalk, so that the seed is easily freed …
Anemone cylindrica — long-headed windflower - Go Botany
Long-headed windflower is native to sandy and rocky fields, hillsides and woodlands in all New England states. It is an upright, slender plant, and its cylindrical clusters of fruits (achenes) are …
Achene - Encyclopedia.com
2018年5月18日 · achene (əkēn´), dry, simple, one-seeded fruit with the seed attached to the inner wall at only one point. Achenes are indehiscent, i.e., they do not split open at maturity. The so …
Achene - Wikiwand
An achene (/ ə ˈ k iː n /; [1] from Ancient Greek ἀ (a) ' privative ' and χαίνειν (khaínein) 'to gape'), [2] also sometimes called akene and occasionally achenium or achenocarp, is a type of simple …
What is an Achene? (with pictures) - Home Questions Answered
2024年5月16日 · An achene is considered a dry fruit which does not bloom or release its seed upon maturity. Instead, the seed resides inside a husk or shell until it reaches suitable ground …
Achene Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of ACHENE is 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 …
Achene - Definition, Variations, Bur-oak Acorns, Examples and FAQs
Achene or the achene fruit is a dry and one-seeded fruit lacking special seams, which split to release the seed. As in buckwheat, the seed coat is attached to the thin and dry ovary wall (or …
Botanical Illustration: the achene - Lizzie Harper
2014年5月2日 · The ACHENE is “a small dry indehiscent single-seeded fruit” (Flora of the Birtish Isles, Clapham Tutin and Moore). So far so good. Yet under this umbrella definition is an …
achene - Infoplease
achene əkēnˈ [key], dry, simple, one-seeded fruit with the seed attached to the inner wall at only one point. Achenes are indehiscent, i.e., they do not split open at maturity. The so-called seed …