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Car·y·op·sis n.; pl. Caryopses 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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caryopsis
n : dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g.
wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: grain]
[also: caryopsides (pl), caryopses (pl)]