epicarp
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of epicarp
Example Sentences
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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
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
Surface view of ep, epicarp, and p, outer parenchyma of mesocarp. x160.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
In the melon the epicarp and endocarp are very thin, while the mesocarp forms the bulk of the fruit, differing in texture and taste in its external and internal parts.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various
The cells of the epicarp are broad and polygonal, sometimes regularly four-sided, about 15–35 µ broad.
From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)
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