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Small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
Answer for the clue "Small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall ", 6 letters:
achene
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n. (context botany English) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.
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Achene \A*chene"\, Achenium \A*che"ni*um\n. [Gr. 'a priv. + ? to gape.] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also akene and ach[ae]nium .]