Crossword-Solution: ACHENE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| Achene | n. | Alt. of Achenium |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
EOCRAN
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ACHENE (5)
Above the ground she stores it in drupe and pome and berry, nut and nutlet and achene, and below the ground in rootstock and rhizome, corm and tuber, pumping them full with strokes quick and strong in these grand climacteric days of the summer.
Beak of the achene sharp, incurved at right angles to the body; common species =Arrow-head, Sagittaria latifolia.= HYDROCHARITACEAE, the Frog's Bit Family Submerged aquatics, with inconspicuous flowers in summer.
The uppermost spike or spikes wholly staminate, the lower one or more pistillate; ovary and achene surrounded by a sac, the perigynium.
Rays white, or slightly tinged with blue; leaves oblong to narrowly lanceolate =Aster, Aster paniculatus.= GLOSSARY =Achene.= A small, dry, hard, seed-like fruit containing a single seed.
Achene shining, jet-black, surface finely uneven, much flattened with rounded edges or with 3 nearly equal concave faces, the edges faintly angled along the center, broadly ovate, base obtuse or bearing a portion of the calyx, apex abruptly pointed, 2-2.3 long.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, Crossroads, LAT, NYT, WP.
Used 32 times in crossword archives (1951–2017).