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caryopsis

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.

Equivalents

Françaiscaryopse
DeutschKaryopse
9 more languages
فارسیگندمه
Suomijyvä
עבריתגרגיר
Italianocariosside
日本語穎果頴果
Nederlandsgraanvrucht
Polskiziarniak
Portuguêscariopse
Românăcariopsă

Examples

The variation of caryopsis characters in species of Aegilops and wheat diploids is similar to that of wheat tetraploids .”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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