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Webster 1913 Edition


Exocarp

Ex′o-carp

,
Noun.
[
Exo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] fruit.]
(Bot.)
The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of
Drupe
.

Definition 2024


exocarp

exocarp

English

Noun

exocarp (plural exocarps)

  1. (biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp.

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