epicarp
the outermost layer of a pericarp, as the rind or peel of certain fruits.
Origin of epicarp
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How to use epicarp in a sentence
At intervals along the surface of the epicarp are stomata, or breathing pores, surrounded by guard cells.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersThe cells of the epicarp are broad and polygonal, sometimes regularly four-sided, about 15–35 µ broad.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersMooden Sheriff ascribes its emetic properties to the pulp alone, the epicarp and seeds being inactive according to his authority.
The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines | T. H. Pardo de TaveraFruit with a fibrous-fleshy indehiscent epicarp, and a mostly rough irregularly furrowed endocarp or nut-shell.
Fruit a little seed-like nutlet, enclosed in a loose and separable membranous epicarp.
British Dictionary definitions for epicarp
exocarp
/ (ˈɛpɪˌkɑːp) /
the outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits: forms the skin of a peach or grape
Origin of epicarp
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for epicarp
[ ĕp′ĭ-kärp′ ]
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