caryopsis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.

Word forms

caryopsis caryopses caryopsides

Etymology

From caryo- + -opsis.

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