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The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
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pericarp
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary [syn: seed vessel ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context botany English) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary. 2 (context rare figurative English) The outer layer of any thing.
Usage examples of pericarp.
There we find the number five confronting us in the well-known star-like figure, represented by the fivefold pericarp in the centre of the apple.
Each pericarp and drupe, each ovary and swollen stem plumped full-fleshed and flawless, ripe as wine.
For in the case of the five pericarps this number is a quality immanent in the apple, which it shares with the whole species of Rosaceae.