achene
noun
ə-ˈkēn 
: a small dry indehiscent one-seeded fruit (as of a sunflower) developing from a simple ovary and usually having a thin pericarp attached to the seed at only one point
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Think of the seeds (achenes) on the outside of a berry. 
Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 27 June 2019 Think of the seeds (achenes) on the outside of a berry. Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 27 June 2019
Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 27 June 2019 Think of the seeds (achenes) on the outside of a berry. Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 27 June 2019 Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French achène, akène, borrowed from New Latin achena, from a- a- entry 2 + -chena, feminine noun derivative from the stem of Greek chaínein "to yawn, gape" — more at yawn entry 1
First Known Use
1855, in the meaning defined above
- greenisher
- greenishest
- greenishness
- greenishnesses
- greenkeeper
- greenkeepers
- Greenland
- Greenland caribou
- Greenland halibut
- Greenland right whale
- Greenland Sea
- Greenland seal
- Greenland shark
- Greenland spar
- greenland whale
- greenlander
- greenlanders
- greenlandes
- greenlandic
- greenlandite
- greenlands
- greenless
- greenlet
- greenlets
- greenlier