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Caryopsis is

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One seeded fruit
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Two seeded fruit
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Three seeded fruit
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Four seeded fruit
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Solution

The correct option is A One seeded fruit
Caryopsis is a type of simple dry fruit that has one seed or monocarpellate (formed from a single carpel) and indehiscent (not opening at maturity). In a caryopsis, the pericarp is fused with the thin seed coat and the fruit wall and the seed are intimately fused into a single unit example Maize
So, the correct answer is 'one seeded fruit'

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