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caryopsis
car·y·op·sis C0136400 (kăr′ē-ŏp′sĭs)n. pl. car·y·op·ses (-ŏp′sēz′) or car·y·op·si·des (-ŏp′sĭ-dēz′) See grain. [cary(o)-, variant of karyo- + -opsis.]caryopsis (ˌkærɪˈɒpsɪs) n, pl -ses (-siːz) or -sides (-sɪˌdiːz) (Botany) a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses[C19: New Latin; see karyo-, -opsis]car•y•op•sis (ˌkær iˈɒp sɪs) n., pl. -ses (-sēz), -si•des (-sɪˌdiz) a small, one-celled, one-seeded, dry indehiscent fruit with the pericarp fused to the seed coat: the typical fruit of grasses and grains. [1820–30; < New Latin; see caryo-, -opsis] ThesaurusNoun | 1. | caryopsis - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corngrainamaranth - seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South Americabarleycorn - a grain of barleywheat berry - a grain of wheatkernel - a single whole grain of a cereal; "a kernel of corn"rye - the seed of the cereal grassseed - a small hard fruit | Translationscaryopsis
caryopsis[‚kar·ē′äp·səs] (botany) A small, dry, indehiscent fruit having a single seed with such a thin, closely adherent pericarp that a single body, a grain, is formed. caryopsis
caryopsis an ACHENE in which the ovary wall and see coat are united. It is the characteristic fruit of grasses, a grain.caryopsis
Synonyms for caryopsisnoun dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: eSynonymsRelated Words- amaranth
- barleycorn
- wheat berry
- kernel
- rye
- seed
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