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Epicarp

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. See exocarp.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Exocarp.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under endocarp.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. In botany, the outer skin of fruits, the fleshy substance or edible portion being termed the mesocarp, and the inner portion the endocarp. See cut under endocarp.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape

Word Usage

"The fruit's outer coat (epicarp) is peeled, pulp is sliced off the stony "seed" (endocarp), sun-dried, ground, mixed with blood to a brown, sticky, fibrous mixture (lokot) and eaten or sold in markets (Turkana)."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

seed vessel pericarp

Variant

endocarp