pericarp
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For instance, strawberries are derived from the receptacle and apples from the pericarp, or hypanthium.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
Another three well-characterized domestication genes, qSH1 for seed shattering, Waxy for grain quality and Rc for pericarp colour, which showed strong selection signals in the panel, were not fully shared in the population.
From Nature ● Oct. 24, 2012
A grain, as of grasses; a seed-like fruit with a thin pericarp adnate to the contained seed.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray
Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Noah Webster
