What is "caryopses"

Caryopsis \Car`y*op"sis\, n.; pl. Caryopses. [NL., fr. gr. ? hut, kernel + ? sight, form.] (Bot.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc. [1913 Webster] ||

n. (plural of caryopsis English)

See caryopsis

1. n. dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: grain]

2. [also: caryopsides (pl), caryopses (pl)]