Definition of Acheniums

1. Noun. (plural of achenium) ¹

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Definition of Acheniums

1. achenium [n] - See also: achenium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acheniums

acheiropoieta
acheiropoietic
acheiropoieton
acheirous
achelate
acheless
achelike
achelor
achelors
achene
achenes
achenia
achenial
achenium
acheniums (current term)
acher
acheron
acherontic
achers
aches
acheth
achiasmatic
achier
achiest
achiev'd
achievabilities
achievability
achievable
achievance

Literary usage of Acheniums

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"The Juncus tenuis, with its conspicuous acheniums, is very noticeable now, rising above the snow in the wood-paths, commonly aslant. Dec. 15. ..."

2. American Journal of Agriculture and Science by Ebenezer Emmons, A. Osborn (1847)
"... terminology in which the book is dressed; or of the dry and naked descriptions of sepals, carpels, involucres, corymbs, acheniums, ovaries, cotyledons, ..."

3. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1845)
"RUMEX, Calyx persistent, of 6 colored sepals, the outer 3 smaller; stamens G ; styles 2 ; stigmas many-cleft ; acheniumS-corner- ed, covered by the 3 inner ..."

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