epicarp

American  

[ep-i-kahrp] / ˈɛp ɪˌkɑrp /

noun

Botany.

1. the outermost layer of a pericarp, as the rind or peel of certain fruits.

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epicarp British  

/ ˈɛpɪˌkɑːp /

noun

1. the outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits: forms the skin of a peach or grape

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epicarp Scientific  

/ ĕp′ĭ-kärp′ /

1. See exocarp

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Etymology

Origin of epicarp

First recorded in 1825–35; epi- + -carp

Example Sentences

Fruit a little seed-like nutlet, enclosed in a loose and separable membranous epicarp.

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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.

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Botanists distinguish five skins on the berry—epidermis, epicarp, endicarp, episperm and embryous membrane—but for practical purposes the number of integuments may be taken as three.

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The cells of the epicarp are broad and polygonal, sometimes regularly four-sided, about 15–35 µ broad.

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Mooden Sheriff ascribes its emetic properties to the pulp alone, the epicarp and seeds being inactive according to his authority.

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Related Words

• crust