Usually means: Dry, single-seeded, non-opening fruit.
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  9. akene: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Akene: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
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  13. akene: Merriam-Webster

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▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of achene [(botany) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.]

Similar:
achene, achaenium, achenium, polyachene, cypsela, acinus, perichete, etaerio, strobile, seede, more...

Opposite:
zygote, gamete, spore, seed, ovule

Adjectives:
winged, triangular, glandular, single, indehiscent

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Similar:
achene, achaenium, achenium, polyachene, cypsela, acinus, perichete, etaerio, strobile, seede, more...

Opposite:
zygote, gamete, spore, seed, ovule

Adjectives:
winged, triangular, glandular, single, indehiscent



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