PERICARP


Meaning of PERICARP in English

■ noun Botany the part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary.

Origin

C17: from Fr. péricarpe , from Gk perikarpion 'pod, shell', from peri- 'around' + karpos 'fruit'.

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