Definition of Achaenia

1. achenium [n] - See also: achenium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Achaenia

acetylsalicylic acid
acetylserotonin
acetylserotonin n-methyltransferase
acetyltannic
acetyltannic acid
acetylthiocholine
acetyltransferase
acetyltransferases
acey-deucey
acft
ach
ach-laut
achaenia (current term)
achaenium
achaete
achaetous
achage
achages
achalasia
achalasias
achar
acharne
acharnement
achars
acharya
acharyas
achate

Literary usage of Achaenia

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

1. The London Journal of Botany by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1846)
"double series of involucral scales, but differs in having lanceolate serrate, not linear entire, leaves, and pilose achaenia. ..."

2. Hand-book of Indian Flora: Being a Guide to All the Flowering Plants by Herber Drury (1866)
"... ligulate, female or sterile by abortion ; disk hermaphrodite: achaenia ... a little longer than the disk: achaenia of the ray glabrous, without pappus, ..."

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