‖ caryopsis Bot.
(kærɪˈɒpsɪs)
Pl. -ides (-ɪdiːz).
[mod.L., f. Gr. κάρυ-ον nut + ὄψις appearance.]
A small one-seeded dry indehiscent fruit, whose pericarp adheres to the seed throughout so as to form one body with it, as in wheat and other kinds of corn.
| 1830 Lindley Nat. Syst. Bot. 6 Dry nuts or caryopsides. 1872 Oliver Elem. Bot. ii. 278 In Barley and Oats, the pale, or the pale and flowering glume, adhere to the caryopsis, after the time of flowering. |