Caryopsis

n. [Gr. κάρυον, nut, kernel, and ὄψις, sight, form, from ὀπτεῖν, to see.] (Bot.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin pericarp, to which the seed adheres throughout, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, &c. Gray.