Etaerio
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 An aggregate fruit comprised of achenes, drupelets, follicles, or berries.
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From French étairion, from Ancient Greek ἑταιρείᾱ (hetaireíā, “association”).
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