Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An achene fruit derived from an inferior ovary, characteristic of plants in the composite family.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In botany, an achene with an adnate calyx, as in the Compositœ.
Wiktionary
- n. botany An achene formed from a double ovary, especially in plants of the family Compositae
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Bot.) A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent.
Etymologies
- New Latin, from Greek kupselē, hollow vessel. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
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A Galimafrée of Plant Anatomy & Morph...
A hodgepodge, jumble, jambalaya, *gallimaufry, circus and tent revival of plant anatomy and morphology terms and phrases - its a big tent, and no tickets are required.
*array, collecti...naked bud, leaf blade, brochidodromous, serrate, cork cambium, rhizomatous, flower stalk, deciduous sepal, petal, whorl, nectar gland, stamen and 1348 more...
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1906 Railway Cipher Code
Terms from the Standard Cipher Code of the American Railway Association, 1906. The terms were shorthand for common phrases used in telegraphic communications between station agents and Railway Asso...
abetting, abdominal, abiology, ablative, abnormal, abominate, aboveboard, abrasive, absinth, abstinent, accursed, acetate and 212 more...
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hernesheir Railroad telegraphers' code for the phrase "in anticipation of a small crop". --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906. Jan 21, 2013