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Caryopsis
A small one-seeded dry indehiscent fruit (as in grasses) with a thin membranous pericarp adhering so closely to the seed that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body forming a single grain (wheat and barley). In rice, brown rice is the caryopsis.
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