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caryopsis

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun caryopsis has 1 sense

caryopsis(n = noun.plant) grain - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn; Array

has particulars: amaranth, barleycorn, wheat berry, kernel, rye

is a kind of seed

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CIDE DICTIONARY

caryopsis, n. [NL., fr. gr. hut, kernel + sight, form.].

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]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

caryopsis, n. (pl. caryopses) Bot. a dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in wheat and maize.

Etymology

mod.L f. Gk karuon nut + opsis appearance

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