caryopsis Meaning and Definition
1. n. dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
In botany, a caryopsis (plural caryopses) is a type of simple dry fruit—one that is monocarpellate (formed from a single carpel) and indehiscent (not opening at maturity) and resembles an achene, except that in a caryopsis the pericarp is fused with the thin seed coat.
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