Meaning

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

    Karyopse

    dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

Translations

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By meaning 1
type of fruit:

Origin

From caryo- + -opsis.

From caryo- + -opsis.

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Forms

plural: caryopses / caryopsides
Singularcaryopsis
Pluralcaryopses / caryopsides

irregular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn:grain

See also

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