Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, a small, one-seeded, dry, indehiscent fruit, in which the thin seed-coat is adherent throughout to the very thin pericarp, as in wheat and all other cereal grains. Also spelled
cariopsis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A type of
fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially thegrain of acereal .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For one thing, the whole grain (caryopsis) contains a high proportion of germ.
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Such a fruit is termed a = caryopsis = or = grain =.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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As an illustration of the caryopsis, the grain of Andropogon Sorghum may be studied.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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The caryopsis consists of an embryo on one side at the base and the endosperm occupies the remaining portion.
A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses K. Rangachari
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