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Definition of Caryopsis
1. Noun. Dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn.
Specialized synonyms: Amaranth, Barleycorn, Wheat Berry, Kernel, Rye
Generic synonyms: Seed
Definition of Caryopsis
1. n. 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.
Definition of Caryopsis
1. Noun. A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caryopsis
1. [n -OPSES or -OPSIDES]
Medical Definition of Caryopsis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Caryopsis
Literary usage of Caryopsis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Forest Flora of North-west and Central India: A Handbook of the by John Lindsay Stewart, Dietrich Brandis (1874)
"Lodicules none ; style filiform, undivided or 2-3-nd at the apex, base persistent ;
embryo not conspicuous on the surface of the caryopsis 4. ..."
2. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"Glumes 2, compressed, unequal. Palese 2, unequal, longer than the glumes.
Stamens 2—3. caryopsis loose, covered by the ..."
3. Gray's School and Field Book of Botany: Consisting of "Lessons in Botany by Asa Gray (1887)
"... or it may open by a circular line all round, the upper part falling off like
a lid ; as in the Amaranth (Fig. 387). 363. A caryopsis, or Grain, ..."
4. The Indiana Weed Book by Willis Stanley Blatchley (1912)
"The caryopsis or grain is a dry indehiscent fruit in which the seed is firmly
united with the wall of the ovary, so that both fruit and seed form one body, ..."
5. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... discharge the seed; or it may open by a circular line all round, the upper
part falling off like a lid; as in the Amaranth (Fig. 387). 363, A caryopsis ..."
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