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pericarp |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: pericarp n : the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary [syn: {seed vessel}]
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