What's the difference between achene and achenium?

Achene


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Achenium

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  • (1) Removal of achenes from fruits and growing the receptacles without auxin resulted in the time-dependent accumulation of 52,000 Mr polypeptide.
  • (2) Achen and Achibu, from Amorikot primary school in Katine sub-county in rural northern Uganda, are performing a series of plays and poems at a National Sanitation Week event, organised by the African Medical and Research Foundation (Amref).
  • (3) It is an interesting fact that neither 2-monoene alkalmides nor polyacetylenes could be detected during achene germination.
  • (4) Leaves, stems, roots, and achenes were assayed separately.
  • (5) It has been proposed that this role is the transport of thyroxine from the bloodstream to the brain [Schreiber, G., Aldred, A.R., Jaworowski, A., Nilsson, C., Achen, M.G.
  • (6) Download our PDF of Farm-Africa and Amref's six-month achievements Harriet Achen stands in front of an expectant crowd, betraying no sign of nerves.
  • (7) The achenes (fruits) of the therapeutically used Echinacea species E. purpurea, E. angustifolia, and E. pallida can be differentiated structurally (shape, anatomy) as well as phytochemically (essential oil components, alkamides).
  • (8) Chronic dermatitis in nutria (Myocastor coypus) in Louisiana was traced to secondary bacterial and fungal infection resulting from the penetration of achene awns of smooth beggartick (Bidens laevis) into the skin.
  • (9) She busies herself setting children tasks to help prepare a family meal and her fellow actors scuttle around obeying Achen's every command.
  • (10) Ozark Beauty) receptacles is regulated by auxin supplied from the achenes.

Achenium


Definition:

  • (n.) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists.

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