Definition of caryopsis
English to English noun - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: Webster 1913
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caryopsis, cariopsis, coreopsis, carphophis, cropsick, crepis, carpus, croupous, crayfish, caribees, carpophagous, corps, craps, corypheus, crapefish, cigarfish, corpse, creeps, corpus, crevis
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