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n. Botany The wall of a ripened ovary; fruit wall.

n. A membranous structure surrounding the cystocarp of red algae.

n. The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.

n. used figuratively

n. The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of capsule, drupe, and legume.

n. In flowering plants, the seed-vessel or ripened ovary.

n. the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary

"Popcorn pops because the pericarp is strong enough to hold in the steam created when the endosperm, which is 14.5 percent water, is heated — strong enough, that is, until the steam reaches 177 degrees C. and the pressure builds to 9.5 kilograms per square centimeter."

cover    covering    natural covering   

mesocarp    endocarp   

capsule    drupe    legume   

burr    bur    capsule    epicarp    mesocarp   

oilseeds    bond-equivalent    crushers    minigun