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Dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
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caryopsis
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WordNet
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n. dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: grain ] [also: caryopsides (pl), caryopses (pl)]
Wikipedia
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In botany , a caryopsis (plural caryopses ) is a type of simple dry fruit —one that is monocarpellate (formed from a single carpel ) and indehiscent (not opening at maturity) and resembles an achene , except that in a caryopsis the pericarp is fused with ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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, ...
Wiktionary
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n. A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.