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Definition of Pericarp

1. Noun. The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary.

Definition of Pericarp

1. n. The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume.

Definition of Pericarp

1. Noun. (botany) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary. ¹

2. Noun. used figuratively ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pericarp

1. the wall of a ripened plant ovary or fruit [n -S]

Medical Definition of Pericarp

1. The wall of a fruit, developed from the ovary wall. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pericarp

Literary usage of Pericarp

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Familiar Lectures on Botany, Practical, Elementary, and Physiological: With by Lincoln Phelps (1846)
"The term pericarp is derived from peri, around, and karpos seed or fruit; ... All that in any fruit which is not the seed belongs to the pericarp. ..."

2. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Dry one-seeded fruit of dock (Китеж) cut vertically. oo, pericarp formed from ovary wall; j, seed; e, endosperm; pi, embryo with radicle pointing upwards ..."

3. A Class-book of Botany: Designed for Colleges, Academies, and Other by Alphonso Wood (1869)
"iL OF THE pericarp. 111. ... consists of the pericarp and the seed; the former may be wanting, but the latter is essential. a. Truly naked seeds are found ..."

4. Structural Botany: Or Organography on the Basis of Morphology. To which is by Asa Gray (1879)
"All these are of the nature of superficial outgrowths,""and these especially..affect the pericarp or parts connected with it. 5S9. ..."

5. Familiar Lectures on Botany: Explaining the Structure, Classification, and by Lincoln Phelps (1853)
"pericarp. PARTS OF THE pericarp. MIRBEL 8 CLASSIFICATION OF FRUITS. The Fruit. 86. THE fruit is composed of two principal parts, the pericarp and seed. ..."

6. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"But, if the pericarp be examined with attention, there will be seen between the ... The internal cavity of the pericarp, or that which contains the seeds, ..."

7. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"THE FRUIT (pericarp AND SEED). A. fruit in its simplest form is a ripened pistil, consisting of pericarp or matured ovary wall, and one or more seeds or ..."

8. Descriptive Botany: A Practical Guide to the Classification of Plants, with by Eliza Ann Youmans (1885)
"Parts of the pericarp. EPICARP.—When the walls of a pericarp are formed of ... Whatever its texture, the inner layer of a pericarp is named the endocarp. ..."

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