What's the difference between achene and caryopsis?

Achene


Definition:

  • (n.) Alt. of Achenium

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Removal of achenes from fruits and growing the receptacles without auxin resulted in the time-dependent accumulation of 52,000 Mr polypeptide.
  • (2) Achen and Achibu, from Amorikot primary school in Katine sub-county in rural northern Uganda, are performing a series of plays and poems at a National Sanitation Week event, organised by the African Medical and Research Foundation (Amref).
  • (3) It is an interesting fact that neither 2-monoene alkalmides nor polyacetylenes could be detected during achene germination.
  • (4) Leaves, stems, roots, and achenes were assayed separately.
  • (5) It has been proposed that this role is the transport of thyroxine from the bloodstream to the brain [Schreiber, G., Aldred, A.R., Jaworowski, A., Nilsson, C., Achen, M.G.
  • (6) Download our PDF of Farm-Africa and Amref's six-month achievements Harriet Achen stands in front of an expectant crowd, betraying no sign of nerves.
  • (7) The achenes (fruits) of the therapeutically used Echinacea species E. purpurea, E. angustifolia, and E. pallida can be differentiated structurally (shape, anatomy) as well as phytochemically (essential oil components, alkamides).
  • (8) Chronic dermatitis in nutria (Myocastor coypus) in Louisiana was traced to secondary bacterial and fungal infection resulting from the penetration of achene awns of smooth beggartick (Bidens laevis) into the skin.
  • (9) She busies herself setting children tasks to help prepare a family meal and her fellow actors scuttle around obeying Achen's every command.
  • (10) Ozark Beauty) receptacles is regulated by auxin supplied from the achenes.

Caryopsis


Definition:

  • (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.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Cytochemical changes during the early development of maize caryopsis are reported.
  • (2) GAD activity and gamma-ABA content of wheat embryos at 7 ripening stages were verified with the aim of studying the metabolic activity of embryo during dehydration and quiescence of caryopsis.
  • (3) Three-dimensional starch size distribution was measured for four cells near the central cheek region of a single caryopsis.
  • (4) The method of impulse gradient of NMR spin-echo was applied for studying limited water diffusion in yeast cells and embryons of wheat caryopsis.

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