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

Surface view of ep, epicarp, and p, outer parenchyma of mesocarp. x160.

From All About Coffee by Ukers, William H. (William Harrison)

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

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 Gray, Asa

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)

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

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)

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