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caryopsis

American  
[kar-ee-op-sis] / ˌkær iˈɒp sɪs /

noun

Botany.

plural

caryopses, caryopsides

  1. a small, one-celled, one-seeded, dry indehiscent fruit with the pericarp adherent to the seed coat, the typical fruit of grasses and grains.

caryopsis British  
/ ˌkærɪˈɒpsɪs /

noun

  1. a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses

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caryopsis Scientific  
/ kăr′ē-ŏp′sĭs /

plural

caryopses

  1. A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united.

  2. Also called grain

Etymology

Origin of caryopsis

First recorded in 1820–30; cary(o)- + -opsis

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