etaerio

== English == === Etymology === From French étairion, from Ancient Greek ἑταιρείᾱ (hetaireíā, “association”). === Noun === etaerio (plural etaerios) (botany) An aggregate fruit comprised of achenes, drupelets, follicles, or berries. 1882, Achenium, entry in The American Universal Cyclopædia, Volume 1, [Reprint of Chambers Encyclopædia], S. W. Green's Son, page 66 Sometimes the achenia are aggregated upon a common receptacle, forming what is called an etaerio, as in the ranunculus, in which they are placed upon a dry receptacle, or in the strawberry, in which the receptacle is fleshy. 1953, John Melvin Lowson, Textbook of Botany, University Tutorial Press, page 318, Clematis: actinomorphic; 4 petaloid sepals; petals 0; fruit an etaerio of achenes with persistent hairy styles. ==== Usage notes ==== An etaerio comprised of, for example, achenes is termed an etaerio of achenes. Some authors refer to an etaerio of drupes, although drupelets is the more precise term. ==== Related terms ==== hetaera