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Q. The fruit characteristic of family Poaceae or Graminae is

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Caryopsis is a dry single seeded indehiscent fruit. The thin dry pericarp is completely fused with the seed coat or testa. The fruit develops from a monocarpellary pistil with superior, unilocular and uniovuled ovary. This type of fruit is found in rice, wheat, maize (Family Poaceae).