caryopsis
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
caryopsis (plural caryopses or caryopsides)
- (botany) A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.
- 1995, Romuald Kosina, Tetraploids of the Genus Triticum in the Light of Caryopsis Structure:
- The variation of caryopsis characters in species of Aegilops and wheat diploids is similar to that of wheat tetraploids .
Translations[edit]
type of fruit
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