Caryopsis (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun, plural car·y·op·ses [kar-ee-op-seez] /ˌkær iˈɒp siz/ car·y·op·si·des [kar-ee-op-si-deez]. /ˌkær iˈɒp sɪˌdiz/. Botany.
  1. a small, one-celled, one-seeded, dry indehiscent fruit with the pericarp adherent to the seed coat, the typical fruit of grasses and grains.
noun plural -ses (-siːz) or -sides (-sɪˌdiːz)
  1. a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses
Plural caryopses (kăr′ē-ŏp′sēz′) caryopsides (kăr′ē-ŏp′sĭ-dēz′)
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