Words Like CARYOPSIS
We have put together a list of words that are similar to CARYOPSIS.
6 Alternative Words Similar to caryopsis
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Amaranth
Noun Hyponym
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Barleycorn
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Rye
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5 definitions of caryopsis
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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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dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
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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.
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A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.