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1. (n.) caryopsis
a small, one-celled, one-seeded, dry indehiscent fruit with the pericarp fused to the seed coat: the typical fruit of grasses and grains.
Etymology: (1820–30; < NL; see caryo- , -opsis)
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1. (noun) grain, caryopsis
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
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1. (noun) caryopsis
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
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