achene (redirected from Utricle (fruit))

achene (əkēn`), dry, simple, one-seeded fruit with the seed attached to the inner wall at only one point. Achenes are indehiscent, i.e., they do not split open at maturity. The so-called seed of a sunflower is an achene; the shell is the wall of the fruit, and the true seed lies within. A strawberry consists of many achenes embedded in a fleshy receptacle.

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achene [ə′kēn]

(botany)

A small, dry, indehiscent fruit formed from a simple ovary bearing a single seed.