Pericarp

pericarp (syn. fruit wall) The wall of the matured ovary. GardenWeb Glossary of Botanical Terms New Search: ...

Pericarp- The wall of a ripened ovary (fruit) that is homogeneous in some genera and in others is composed of three distinct layers, exocarp, mesocarp, and endocarp.

Drupe - "stone fruit", a simple fruit produced from a single carpel, usually one-seeded, with an outer fleshy layer of tissue called the pericarp and an inner, heavy stony layer called the endocarp .

Definition as written by smiln32: outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape Definition as written by JoanJ: A often used synonym is epicarp.

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