seed vs caryopsis

caryopsis vs seed

seed and caryopsis both are nouns.

seed is a verb but caryopsis is not a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
seed	Yes	No	Yes	No
caryopsis	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, caryopsis is a hyponym of seed; that is, caryopsis is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than seed:

seed: a small hard fruit
caryopsis: dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn

Other hyponyms of seed include edible seed, coffee, coffee bean, coffee berry, pip, bonduc nut, nicker nut, nicker seed, Job's tears, oil-rich seed, oilseed, safflower seed, grain, ash-key, coquilla nut, babassu nut, cohune nut, apple nut, ivory nut, vegetable ivory, neem seed, buckeye, conker, horse chestnut, jumping bean, jumping seed, Mexican jumping bean, bean, nut.

seed (noun)	caryopsis (noun)
the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract	dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
anything that provides inspiration for later work
one of the outstanding players in a tournament
a small hard fruit
a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

seed (verb)	caryopsis (verb)
inoculate with microorganisms
remove the seeds from
sprinkle with silver iodide particles to disperse and cause rain
distribute (players or teams) so that outstanding teams or players will not meet in the early rounds
go to seed; shed seeds
place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth
bear seeds
help (an enterprise) in its early stages of development by providing seed money

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