Found 2 items, similar to Caryopses.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: caryopses caryopses See caryopsis caryopsis n : dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn [syn: grain] [also: caryopsides (pl), caryopses (pl)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Caryopses Caryopsis \Car`y*op"sis\, n.; pl. Caryopses. [NL., fr. gr. ? hut, kernel + ? sight, form.] (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. [1913 Webster] ||