pericarp noun.
['pɛrɪkɑ:p] Orig. in Latin form pericarpium
[pɛrɪ'kɑ:pɪǝm].
L17.[French péricarpe from mod. Latin pericarpium from Greek perikarpion pod, husk, shell, formed as PERI- + karpos fruit: see -IUM.]Botany. The wall of a ripened ovary or fruit. Also, a seed-vessel.
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