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Definition of Acheniums
1. achenium [n] - See also: achenium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acheniums
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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