All achene synonyms
a·chene
A a noun achene
- kernel — the softer, usually edible part contained in the shell of a nut or the stone of a fruit.
- stone — the hard substance, formed of mineral matter, of which rocks consist.
- caryopsis — a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses
- utricle — a small sac or baglike body, as an air-filled cavity in a seaweed.
- vegetable — any plant whose fruit, seeds, roots, tubers, bulbs, stems, leaves, or flower parts are used as food, as the tomato, bean, beet, potato, onion, asparagus, spinach, or cauliflower.