car·y·op·sis (k r  - p s s) |
caryopsis [ˌkærɪˈɒpsɪs]
n pl -ses [-siːz], -sides [-sɪˌdiːz]
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses
[New Latin; see karyo-, -opsis]
| caryopsis (kr-pss) Plural caryopses (k r-psz) or caryopsides (kr-ps-dz) A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united. Also called grain. |
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| Noun | 1. |  caryopsis - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian cornamaranth - seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America barleycorn - a grain of barley wheat berry - a grain of wheat kernel - a single whole grain of a cereal; "a kernel of corn" rye - the seed of the cereal grass seed - a small hard fruit |
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