Achene

Japanese: achene
Achene

…Cerulean fruits are further divided into the following: Achene is a small fruit with one seed. In the strict sense, it is a single-carpelled fruit (strawberry, buttercup), but it often includes multi-carpelled fruits (celery, chrysanthemum). A fruit with a thin pericarp and separate seed coat, such as in the case of Japanese sedge, is called a utricule, while a fruit with a fused pericarp and seed coat, such as in rice, is called a caryopsis.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "achene" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…閉果はさらに次のように分けられる。瘦果(そうか)acheneは小型で1種子をもつ実で,狭義には1心皮性のもの(イチゴ,キンポウゲ)であるが,多心皮性の場合(オミナエシ,キク)も含めることが多い。カサスゲのように果皮が薄く種皮と離れているものを胞果utricule,イネのように果皮と種皮が合着しているものを穎果(えいか)caryopsisと呼ぶ。…

※「achene」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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