Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-CHE'NI-UM
A-CHE'NI-UM, n. [Gr. αχην, poor.]
In botany, an apparently naked seed, which yet, besides its proper cover, has a calyx overspreading it, as is the case of the Compositæ. – De Cand.
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