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/əˈkiːn/ · noun
(botany) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup..
The mulberry puts forth its messy clusters of achenes.
Use achene when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Achene means (botany) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup..
Common synonyms include achenium, spermidium.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The mulberry puts forth its messy clusters of achenes.
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