caryopsis

• Fruit sec, indéhiscent, semblable à une graine, typique des graminées telles que le blé, l'orge et le maïs, dont la paroi du fruit est soudée à la graine.

A dry, indehiscent, seed-like fruit characteristic of cereal grasses such as wheat, barley, and corn, where the fruit wall is fused to the seed coat.

1. Dry fruit of grassesC1formalscientific

   A small, dry, one-seeded fruit in which the fruit wall is fused to the seed coat, characteristic of cereal grasses such as wheat, barley, and corn.

   caryopse

   • The caryopsis of wheat is commonly ground into flour.
   • Barley produces a caryopsis that is used in brewing.
   • Each kernel of corn is a caryopsis.

   Synonymesgrain