etaerio
etaerio noun: an aggregate fruit comprised of achenes, drupelets, follicles, or berries.
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Noun
etaerio (plural etaerios)
- 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
- Clematis: actinomorphic; 4 petaloid sepals; petals 0; fruit an etaerio of achenes with persistent hairy styles.1953, John Melvin Lowson, Textbook of Botany, University Tutorial Press, page 318
Forms of etaerio
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Origin of etaerio
From French étairion, from Ancient Greek ἑταιρείᾱ (hetaireíā, “association”).
Questions about etaerio
- What does etaerio mean?
- Etaerio means an aggregate fruit comprised of achenes, drupelets, follicles, or berries.
- What part of speech is etaerio?
- Etaerio is a noun.
- What is the plural of etaerio?
- The plural of etaerio is etaerios.
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