caryopsis

caryopsis has 2 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 9.

Definitions

• 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.
• n.. dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn