etaerios
etaerios is the plural of etaerio.
Meaning of etaerio
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
Questions about etaerios
- What is etaerios the plural of?
- Etaerios is the plural of etaerio.
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