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epicarp


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Epicarp  \Ep"i*carp\,  [Pref.  epi-  +  Gr  ?  fruit.]  (Bot.) 
  The  external  or  outermost  layer  of  a  fructified  or  ripened 
  ovary.  See  Illust.  under  {Endocarp}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  epicarp 
  n  :  outermost  layer  of  the  pericarp  of  fruits  as  the  skin  of  a 
  peach  or  grape  [syn:  {exocarp}] 




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