Etaerio

Quick meaning: Etaerio is a noun meaning (botany) An aggregate fruit comprised of achenes, drupelets, follicles, or berries.

Meaning

(botany) An aggregate fruit comprised of achenes, drupelets, follicles, or berries.

Example Sentences

1953, John Melvin Lowson, Textbook of Botany, University Tutorial Press, page 318, Clematis: actinomorphic; 4 petaloid sepals; petals 0; fruit an etaerio of achenes with persistent hairy styles.

Sometimes the achenia are aggregated upon a common receptacle, forming what is called an etaerio, as in the ranunculus, in which they are placed upon a dry receptacle, or in the strawberry, in which the receptacle is fleshy.

Four types of aggregate fruits include etaerios of achenes, follicles, drupelets, and berries. Ranunculaceae species, including Clematis and Ranunculus have an etaerio of achenes, Calotropis has an etaerio of follicles, and Rubus species like raspberry, have an etaerio of drupelets. Annona have an etaerio of berries.

Word Forms

• etaerios

Related Words

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