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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

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, and

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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)

(botany) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.
(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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Translations

outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary

Bulgarian:
Chinese:
Mandarin: 果皮 (zh) ‎(guǒpí)
Czech: oplodí n
Danish:
Dutch:
Finnish: perikarppi, hedelmän seinä
French: péricarpe (fr) m
German: Perikarp (de) n
Greek: περικάρπιο (el) n ‎(perikárpio)
Ancient: περικάρπιον n ‎(perikárpion)
Ido: perikarpo (io)

Italian: pericarpo (it) m
Japanese: 果皮 ‎(かひ, kahi)
Korean: 과피 (ko) ‎(gwapi) (果皮 (ko))
Manx: ym-charp m
Portuguese: pericarpo (pt) m
Romanian: pericarp (ro) n
Russian: околопло́дник (ru) m ‎(okoloplódnik), перика́рпий (ru) m ‎(perikárpij)
Spanish: pericarpio m
Swedish: perikarp, fruktvägg
Tagalog: balok
Turkish:
Vietnamese: vỏ quả

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