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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any dry indehiscent fruit.

Etymology

From Latin achenium, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χαίνω (khaínō, “to gape”), + Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).

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