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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•kene (ā kēn′, ə kēn′),USA pronunciation n. - Botanyachene.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: akene /əˈkiːn/ n - a variant spelling of achene
a•chene (ā kēn′, ə kēn′),USA pronunciation n. [Bot.]- Botanyany small, dry, hard, one-seeded, indehiscent fruit.
Also, akene. - Neo-Latin achaenium, equivalent. to a- a-6 + Greek chain- (stem of chaínein to gape) + Latin -ium -ium
- 1835–45;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: achene, akene /əˈkiːn/ n - a dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall. It may be smooth, as in the buttercup, or feathery, as in clematis
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin achaenium that which does not yawn or open, from a-1 + Greek khainein to yawn |