caryopsisn.
/karɪˈɒpsɪs/ Botany.
A small one-seeded dry indehiscent fruit, whose pericarp adheres to the seed throughout so as to form one body with it, as in wheat and other kinds of corn.
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1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 6 Dry nuts or caryopsides.
1872 D. Oliver Lessons Elem. Bot. (new ed.) ii. 278 In Barley and Oats, the pale, or the pale and flowering glume, adhere to the caryopsis, after the time of flowering.
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