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caryopsis

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Noun
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car=y=op=sis

CIDE DICTIONARY

caryopsisn. [NL., fr. gr. hut, kernel + sight, form.].
     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.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

caryopsis, n. (pl. caryopses) Bot. a dry one-seeded indehiscent fruit, as in wheat and maize.

Etymology
mod.L f. Gk karuon nut + opsis appearance

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