Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pericarp"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pericarp \Per"i*carp\, n. [Gr. ?; ? around + ? fruit: cf. F.
p['e]ricarpe.] (Bot.)
The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of
{Capsule}, {Drupe}, and {Legume}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pericarp
n : the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
[syn: {seed vessel}]
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