Definition of Caryopsis

Car`y`op´sis
n.1.(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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amaranth, barleycorn, grain, kernel, rye, seed, wheat berry


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Carus
Carvacrol
Carve
carved
Carvel
Carvelbuilt
Carven
Carvene
Carver
Carving
Carvist
Carvol
Caryatic
Caryatid
Caryatides
Caryophyllaceous
Caryophyllales
Caryophyllidae
Caryophyllin
Caryophyllous
Casa
casaba
Casal
Casanova
casava
Cascabel
Cascade
Cascade method
Cascade system
Cascalho
cascara
Cascara buckthorn
Cascara sagrada
Cascarilla
Cascarilla bark
Cascarillin
Cascaron
Case
Case at bar
Case divinity
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