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aeterio

aeterio is the alternative form of etaerio.

Meaning of etaerio

Noun

etaerio (plural etaerios)

  1. An aggregate fruit comprised of achenes, drupelets, follicles, or berries.
    • Sometimes the achenia are aggregated upon a common receptacle, forming what is called an etaerio, as in the ranunculus, in which they are placed upon a dry receptacle, or in the strawberry, in which the receptacle is fleshy.1882, Achenium, entry in The American Universal Cyclopædia, Volume 1, [Reprint of Chambers Encyclopædia], S. W. Green's Son, page 66

Forms of aeterio

pluralaeterios

Questions about aeterio

What is aeterio the alternative form of?
Aeterio is the alternative form of etaerio.

Words near aeterio in the dictionary

  1. aet.
  2. Aeta
  3. aetalionid
  4. Aetas
  5. aetat
  6. aeterio
  7. aeterios
  8. aethal
  9. aethalia
  10. aethalic
  11. aethalioid

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