Pericarp
[per-i-kahrp] /ˈpɛr ɪˌkɑrp/
noun, Botany.
1.
the walls of a ripened ovary or fruit, sometimes consisting of three layers, the epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp.
2.
a membranous envelope around the cystocarp of red algae.
/ˈpɛrɪˌkɑːp/
noun
1.
the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds that develops from the wall of the ovary
2.
a layer of tissue around the reproductive bodies of some algae and fungi
pericarp
(pěr’ĭ-kärp’)
The tissue that arises from the ripened ovary wall of a fruit; the fruit wall. In fleshy fruits, the pericarp can often be divided into the exocarp, the mesocarp, and the endocarp. For example, in a peach, the skin is the exocarp, the yellow flesh is the mesocarp, while the stone or pit surrounding the seed represents the endocarp.
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