(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:53:32

Pen`ta*che"ni*um (?), n. [NL. See Penta-, and Achenium.] Bot.

A dry fruit composed of five carpels, which are covered by an epigynous calyx and separate at maturity.

 

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