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

As the pericarp advances to maturity, it either becomes dry or succulent.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.

In the former case they usually contain only a single seed, which may become so incorporated with the pericarp as to appear to be naked, as in the grain of wheat and generally in grasses.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various

After the ovules have been fertilized, the ovary is called a pericarp.

From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth