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(botany, obsolete) An aggregation of dry fruits within a calyx which does not become fleshy, as in Alchemilla or Sanguisorba..
The amalthea cut transversely; calyx five-toothed, echinated; seeds three, ovate, not fleshy, slightly compressed, pointed at top, blunt at bottom.
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Amalthea means (botany, obsolete) An aggregation of dry fruits within a calyx which does not become fleshy, as in Alchemilla or Sanguisorba..
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The amalthea cut transversely; calyx five-toothed, echinated; seeds three, ovate, not fleshy, slightly compressed, pointed at top, blunt at bottom.
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