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1913
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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
)
(
biology
)
The
outermost
layer
of the
pericarp
of
fruits
; the
skin
or
epicarp
.
Translations
outermost layer of the pericarp
Chinese:
Mandarin:
外果皮
(zh)
(
wàiguǒpí
)
Finnish:
eksokarppi
French:
épicarpe
(fr)
m
Ido:
epikarpo
(io)
Romanian:
exocarp
(ro)
n
,
epicarp
(ro)
n
Russian:
экзока́рпий
(ru)
m
(
ekzokárpij
)
,
внепло́дник
(ru)
m
(
vneplódnik
)
Spanish:
epicarpio
m
Tagalog:
labasbalok
Etymology
exo-
+
Ancient Greek
καρπός
(
karpós
,
“
fruit
”
)
;
exo-
+
-carp
.
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