HyperDic: achene

English > 1 sense of the word *achene*:
NOUN	plant	achene	small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall

English > *achene*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall.
Narrower	samara, key fruit, key	A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple
Broader	fruit	The ripened reproductive body of a seed plant
Spanish	aquenio
Catalan	aqueni
Adjectives	achenial	pertaining to dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit