dry fruits [3]![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fruits with usually edible seeds, surrounded by a single dry, somewhat rigid layer.
husk ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Fleshy covering, first green then changing to brown, that protects the walnut shell. The husk is used to produce a stain that makes white wood look like walnut.
section of a hazelnut ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The fruit of the hazelnut tree, the hazelnut is an achene; its pericarp is covered by a cupule.
stigma ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Visible remnant of the flower’s stigma, now withered, forming a point at the fruit’s base.
achene ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Small dry fruit containing a single seed not fused to the pericarp; when ripe, the achene cannot split unaided to release its seed.
pericarp ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
seed ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Structure formed by the development of a fertile ovule; it contains an embryo and nutrient reserves that enable a new plant to grow.
bract ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Little leaf, smaller than the plant’s other leaves, attached to the peduncle of the flower or fruit.
cupule ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Thin scaly or prickly casing made of fused bracts; it partially or completely covers the hazelnut.
section of a walnut ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
The fruit of the walnut tree is the nut, which has an edible seed; its stone, or shell, is surrounded by a fleshy husk.
partition ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Membranous barrier that divides the walnut kernel into sections.
green walnut ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Kernel of the walnut, divided into two main sections by the partition.
shell ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Hard fibrous ovoid casing that covers and protects the green walnut.