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for caryopsis
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
caryopsis
n 1: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g.
wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: grain, caryopsis]
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