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caryopsis
[ kar-ee-op-sis ]
noun
, Botany.
, plural car·y·op·ses [kar-ee-, op, -seez] car·y·op·si·des [kar-ee-, op, -si-deez].
- a small, one-celled, one-seeded, dry indehiscent fruit with the pericarp adherent to the seed coat, the typical fruit of grasses and grains.
caryopsis
/ ˌkærɪˈɒpsɪs /
noun
- a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses
caryopsis
/ kăr′ē-ŏp′sĭs /
, Plural caryopses kăr′ē-ŏp′sēz′
- A small, dry, one-seeded fruit of a cereal grass, having the fruit and the seed walls united.
- Also called grain
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caryopsis1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caryopsis1
C19: New Latin; see karyo- , -opsis
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Example Sentences
As an illustration of the caryopsis, the grain of Andropogon Sorghum may be studied.
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Caryopsis grooved, blunt and more tightly held in the palea.
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Caryopsis 7-8 mm., less flattened than in Bromus, with a shallow groove.
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The caryopsis is shorter and more ovoid than in other Bromes.
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In Lolium and Agropyrum the caryopsis is still more wheat-like and grooved.
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