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pericarp

pe·ri·carp

UK/ˈpɛɹɪˌkɑːp/ US/ˈpɛɹɪˌkɑɹp/ uncommon rare

noun

1.

the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary

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From French péricarpe, from New Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek περικάρπιον (perikárpion, “pod, husk, shell”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”). By surface analysis, peri- + -carp.

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