Pericarp

Quick meaning: Pericarp is a noun meaning (botany) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.

Meaning

(botany) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.

More Meanings

1. (rare, figurative) The outer layer of anything.

Example Sentences

He learned, afternoon after afternoon, how to edge her into delicious frenzies, how to tremble the clitoris, pericarp, and tip.

The pericarp of sorghums of the factorial titution BBSSrr, BBSsrr, BbsSrr, and BbSsrr may possess some t degree of coloration even though the pericarp color factor R is nt.

Many fruits show differentiation of the pericarp into layers – the plum, for example, has a thin outer pericarp forming the skin, a succulent middle pericarp forming the flesh and a stony inner pericarp surrounding the single seed.

One important difference is the pericarp of sorghum is more bran-like and contains starch granules in the cells. However, as with maize, the sorghum pericarp is often referred to as a “hull” and is generally removed during processing.

Word Forms

• pericarps

Synonyms for pericarp

Depending on context, synonyms include carpodermis.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aril, fleshy, endocarp, exocarp, epicarp, mesocarp.

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