caryopsis

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noun

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

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Meanings

nouncaryopsis (plural caryopses or caryopsides)

plural caryopses · plural caryopsides

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

    The variation of caryopsis characters in species of Aegilops and wheat diploids is similar to that of wheat tetraploids .

    1995, Romuald Kosina, Tetraploids of the Genus Triticum in the Light of Caryopsis Structure

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
grain
Broader
seed
Also see
grain

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From caryo- + -opsis.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 穎果 /颖果
  • 穎果 /颖果 (yǐngguǒ)type of fruit
Czech obilka
  • obilkatype of fruit
Dutch graanvrucht
  • graanvruchttype of fruit
Esperanto kariopso
  • kariopsotype of fruit
Finnish jyvä
  • jyvätype of fruit
French caryopse
  • caryopsetype of fruit
German Karyopse
  • Karyopsetype of fruit
Hungarian szemtermés
  • szemterméstype of fruit
Italian cariosside
  • cariossidetype of fruit
Japanese 穎果
  • 穎果 (eika)type of fruit
Persian گندمه
  • گندمه (gandome)type of fruit
Polish ziarniak
  • ziarniaktype of fruit
Portuguese cariopse
  • cariopsetype of fruit
Romanian cariopsă
  • cariopsătype of fruit
Spanish cariópside, cariopse
  • cariópsidetype of fruit
  • cariopsetype of fruit
Tagalog butilbunga
  • butilbungatype of fruit
Welsh caryopsis, ffrwyth glaswellt
  • caryopsistype of fruit
  • ffrwyth glaswellttype of fruit
Cite this entry
APA

caryopsis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caryopsis

MLA

“caryopsis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caryopsis. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “caryopsis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/caryopsis.

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