achene
(noun) small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
Source: WordNet® 3.1
achene (plural achenes)
(botany) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup.
Early botanists referred to achenes as naked seeds.
Source: Wiktionary
A*chene", A*che"ni*um n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup; -- called a naked seed by the earlier botanists. [Written also akene and achænium.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 May 2025
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
