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

Oil-tubes solitary, adherent to the seed, which is loose in the pericarp.

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 Gray, Asa

The tissue of the seeds contains a fatty oil, with resin, mucilage and gum, malates and albuminous matter; and in the pericarp there is much tannin.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

Starch is rarely present in the pericarp of the fruit, although it occurs commonly in the seed.

From American Pomology Apples by Warder, J. A.