exocarp

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Tryma, trī′ma, n. a drupe with fleshy exocarp, dehiscent.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

First, the inner kernel of gas; second, the hard shell or endocarp; third, a viscous layer like the sarcocarp or pulp, and outside of all the wrinkled crust of exocarp.

From Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 by Anonymous