Caryopsis

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title: Caryopsis
text: In botany, a caryopsis is a type of simple fruit—one that is monocarpellate and indehiscent and resembles an achene, except that in a caryopsis the pericarp is fused with the thin seed coat. The caryopsis is popularly called a grain and is the fruit typical of the family Poaceae, which includes wheat, rice, and maize. The term grain is also used in a more general sense as synonymous with cereal. Considering that the fruit wall and the seed are intimately fused into a single unit, and the caryops
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description: Fruit of the grasses (Poaceae)
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryopsis
date created: 2004-01-05T17:41:13Z
date modified: 2024-09-08T16:55:24Z
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