akene

UK: /əˈkiːn/ US: (ā kēn′, ə kēn′)

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a•kene  (ā kēn′, ə kēn′), n. 

1. Botany achene.

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akene / əˈkiːn/ noun

1. a variant spelling of achene

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a•chene  (ā kēn′, ə kēn′), n. [Bot.]

1. Botany any 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;

a•che•ni•al  (ā kē′nē əl, ə kē′-), adj. 

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achene, akene / əˈkiːn/ noun

1. 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
   Also called: achenium / əˈkiːnɪəm/

Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin achaenium that which does not yawn or open, from a-¹ + Greek khainein to yawn