CARYOPSIS (caryopses, caryopsides)

 Dictionary entry overview: What does caryopsis mean? 

• CARYOPSIS (noun)
  The noun CARYOPSIS has 1 sense:

1. dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

  Familiarity information: CARYOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARYOPSIS (noun)

Meaning:

Dry seedlike fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

caryopsis; grain

Hypernyms ("caryopsis" is a kind of...):

seed (a small hard fruit)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "caryopsis"):

amaranth (seed of amaranth plants used as a native cereal in Central and South America)

barleycorn (a grain of barley)

wheat berry (a grain of wheat)

kernel (a single whole grain of a cereal)

rye (the seed of the cereal grass)