epicarp
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of epicarp
Example Sentences
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At intervals along the surface of the epicarp are stomata, or breathing pores, surrounded by guard cells.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
Thus in the date the epicarp is the outer brownish skin, the pulpy matter is the mesocarp or sarcocarp, and the thin papery-like lining is the endocarp covering the hard seed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
Mooden Sheriff ascribes its emetic properties to the pulp alone, the epicarp and seeds being inactive according to his authority.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Surface view of ep, epicarp, and p, outer parenchyma of mesocarp. x160.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
The rind of the orange consists of epicarp and mesocarp, while the endocarp forms partitions in the interior, filled with pulpy cells.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
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