The meaning of Pericarp

Pericarp – definition

noun
The part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary.
Usage examples:
Fruits had the pericarps removed and the seeds were stratified.

noun
The layer that develops from the ovary wall around the seed of a plant after it is fertilized and forms the skin and flesh of the fruit

果皮

Vruchtwand

Péricarpe

Perikarp

फली, बोड़ी, बीज-कोष

Pericarpo

과피

Околоплодник, Перикарпий

Pericarpio

Word origin

late 17th century: from French péricarpe, from Greek perikarpion ‘pod, shell’, from peri- ‘around’ + karpos ‘fruit’.

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adjective
Of or relating to a pericarp.

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