Everything about Caryopsis totally explained
In
botany, a
caryopsis is a type of simple dry
fruit — one that's monocarpelate (formed from a single
carpel) and
indehiscent (not opening at maturity) and resembles an
achene, except that in a caryopsis the
pericarp is fused with the thin
seed coat.
The caryopsis is popularly called a
grain and is the fruit typical of the family
Poaceae (or
Gramineae), such as
wheat,
rice, and
corn.
The term grain is also used in a more general sense as synonymous with
cereal (as in "cereal grains", which include some non-
Gramineae). Considering that the fruit wall and the seed are intimately fused into a single unit, and the caryopsis or grain is a dry fruit, little concern is given to technically separating the terms "fruit" and "seed" in these plant structures. In many grains, the "hulls" to be separated before processing are actually flower
bracts.
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