— pericarpial, pericarpic , adj. — pericarpoidal , adj.
/per"i kahrp'/ , n. Bot.
1. the walls of a ripened ovary or fruit, sometimes consisting of three layers, the epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp.
2. a membranous envelope around the cystocarp of red algae.
[ 1750-60; pericarpium perikárpion pod. See PERI-, -CARP ]