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Webster 1913 Edition


Pericarp

Per′i-carp

,
Noun.
[Gr.
περικάρπιον
;
περί
around +
καρπόσ
fruit: cf. F.
péricarpe
.]
(Bot.)
The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of
Capsule
,
Drupe
, and
Legume
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pericarp

PER'ICARP

,
Noun.
[Gr. about, and fruit.] The seed-vessel of a plant; a general name including the capsule, legume, silique, follicle, drupe, pome, berry and strobile.

Definition 2024


pericarp

pericarp

English

Noun

pericarp (plural pericarps)

  1. (botany) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.
  2. (rare, figuratively) The outer layer of any thing.
    • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
      He learned, afternoon after afternoon, how to edge her into delicious frenzies, how to tremble the clitoris, pericarp, and tip.

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