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noun
A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: grain
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: seed
Narrower terms: amaranth, barleycorn, wheat berry, kernel, rye
History
From caryo- + -opsis.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
