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pericarp

[per-i-kahrp] / ˈpɛr ɪˌkɑrp /


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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

Fruit of 2 dry seed-like carpels, the pericarp usually with oil-tubes.

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

The drupe is a succulent usually one-seeded indehiscent fruit, with a pericarp easily distinguishable into epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp.

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

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 Asa Gray


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