Pericarp Definition

pĕrĭ-kärp
noun
The wall of a ripened ovary, sometimes consisting of three distinct layers, the endocarp, mesocarp, and exocarp.
Webster's New World
(rare, figuratively) The outer layer of any thing.
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Singular:
pericarp
Plural:
pericarps

Origin of Pericarp

  • From French péricarpe, from Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek περικάρπιον (perikarpion, “pod, husk, shell"), from περί (peri, “around") + καρπός (karpos, “fruit"). Alternatively, peri- +"Ž -carp.

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