A-chē'ni-ŭm, n.
A-chē'ni-ŭm, n. [From Gr. ἀχήν, poor, defective.] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent pericarp, containing a simple free seed, as in the buttercup; — called a naked-seed by the earlier botanists. Gray.
A-chē'ni-ŭm, n. [From Gr. ἀχήν, poor, defective.] (Bot.) A small, dry, indehiscent pericarp, containing a simple free seed, as in the buttercup; — called a naked-seed by the earlier botanists. Gray.