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Caryopsis
Webster's Dictionary
(n.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Caryopsis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/c/caryopsis.html. 1828.