caryopsis in English

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1
a dry one-seeded fruit in which the ovary wall is united with the seed coat, typical of grasses and cereals.
Surface-sterilized caryopses were germinated on moist filter paper in Petri dishes on 13 September 1996.
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1. The extent of subsequent kernel (caryopsis) development varied significantly.

2. Botanically, a cereal grain, such as corn, rice, or wheat, is also a kind of fruit, termed a caryopsis.

3. Barleycorn - a grain of barley common barley , Hordeum vulgare - grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages caryopsis , grain - dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g

4. Cadmium, copper, and zinc were quantitatively determined in the whole grain, the germ, the aleurone layer, the outer pericarp, and the endosperm from the caryopsis of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by the methods of direct solid microsampling and flame-AAS, respectively.

5. Cardoons, cannabis, caraway, and roses also produce Achenes.Some plants, such as the maple tree, produce modified Achenes, called samaras.Other plants, such as wheat, barley, and other grains, produce a caryopsis, which is much like an achene, except that the seed coat is stuck to the pericarp.In the same way, each spike of …