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caryopses

caryopses is the plural of caryopsis.

Meaning of caryopsis

Noun

caryopsis (plural caryopses or caryopsides)

  1. A 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

Questions about caryopses

What is caryopses the plural of?
Caryopses is the plural of caryopsis.

Words near caryopses in the dictionary

  1. caryophylliids
  2. caryophyllin
  3. caryophyllous
  4. caryopilite
  5. caryoplasm
  6. caryopses
  7. caryopsides
  8. caryopsis
  9. caryopterides
  10. caryopteris
  11. caryopterises

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