Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caryopsis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caryopsis \Car`y*op"sis\, n.; pl. {Caryopses}. [NL., fr. gr. ?
hut, kernel + ? sight, form.] (Bot.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caryopsis
n : dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g.
wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: {grain}]
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