Hypertext Webster Gateway: "epicarp"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Epicarp \Ep"i*carp\, [Pref. epi- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)
The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened
ovary. See Illust. under {Endocarp}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

epicarp
n : outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a
peach or grape [syn: {exocarp}]


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