OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 33886

pericarp

/ˈpɛɹɪˌkɑːp/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
pericarpio
The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.
The pericarp of sorghums of the factorial titution BBSSrr, BBSsrr, BbsSrr, and BbSsrr may possess some t degree of coloration even though the pericarp color factor R is nt.
When, as in the cherry, the different layers of the pericarp are well-defined and largely developed, they received distinctive names ; the outer skin is the epicarp (epi, upon, car…
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