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What is maize grain usually called as a fruit and not a seed ?

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The maize grain is usually known as fruit because it is infact a a ripend ovary which contains a ripened ovule,e.g., a single seed . This fruit is known as caryopsis in which the pericarp is fused with the seed coat. The maize grain occur grain occurs attached to a thick cob or peduncle.
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