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Achene
noun · 78% connection
small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Avocado
noun · 78% connection
a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Carpellum
noun · 78% connection
A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Caryopsis
noun · 78% connection
A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorp…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Caterpillar
noun · 78% connection
The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the s…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Cowslip
noun · 78% connection
In the United States, the marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), appearing in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Crop
noun · 78% connection
That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Cuckoobud
noun · 78% connection
A species of Ranunculus (R. bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Cypsela
noun · 78% connection
A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Date
noun · 78% connection
sweet edible fruit of the date palm with a single long woody seed
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Drupe
noun · 78% connection
fleshy indehiscent fruit with a single seed: e.g. almond, peach, plum, cherry, elderberry, olive, jujube
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Flax
noun · 78% connection
A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flow…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Goldylocks
noun · 78% connection
A plant of several species of the genus Chrysocoma; -- so called from the tufts of yellow flowers which terminate the stems; also, the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Grain
noun · 78% connection
A single small hard seed; a kernel, especially of those plants, like wheat, whose seeds are used for food.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Granadilla
noun · 78% connection
The fruit of certain species of passion flower (esp. Passiflora quadrangularis) found in Brazil and the West Indies. It is as large as…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Gymnocarpous
adjective · 78% connection
Naked-fruited, the fruit either smooth or not adherent to the perianth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Hilum
noun · 78% connection
The eye of a bean or other seed; the mark or scar at the point of attachment of an ovule or seed to its base or support; -- called als…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
Hippopotamus
noun · 78% connection
A large, amphibious, herbivorous mammal (Hippopotamus amphibius), common in the rivers of Africa. It is allied to the hogs, and has a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, indehiscent, fruit, containing, single.
