ripened+ovary
41fruit — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. product, yield, harvest; offspring, result, consequence, outgrowth. See production, effect. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The edible growth of a plant] Syn. fruitage, berry, drupe, grain, nut, root, tuber,… …
42pericarp — noun Botany the part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary. Origin C17: from Fr. péricarpe, from Gk perikarpion pod, shell , from peri around + karpos fruit …
43pericarp — n. (Bot.) Capsule, pod, seed vessel, ripened ovary …
44pericarp — per•i•carp [[t]ˈpɛr ɪˌkɑrp[/t]] n. bot the walls of a ripened ovary or fruit, sometimes consisting of three layers, the epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp • Etymology: 1750–60; < NL pericarpium < Gk perikárpion pod. See peri , carp per… …
45pericarp — /ˈpɛrikap/ (say pereekahp) noun 1. the walls of a ripened ovary or fruit, sometimes consisting of three layers, the epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp; seed capsule; seed vessel. 2. a membranous envelope around the cystocarp of red algae. {New Latin …
46pericarp — ► NOUN Botany ▪ the part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary. ORIGIN from Greek peri around + karpos fruit …
47endocarp — [en′dō kärp΄] n. [ ENDO + CARP] the inner layer of the pericarp of a ripened ovary or fruit, as the pit surrounding the seed of a drupe: see DRUPE …
48exocarp — [eks′ō kärp΄] n. [ EXO + CARP] the outer layer of a ripened ovary or fruit, as the skin of a plum; epicarp: see DRUPE …
49mesocarp — [mes΄ōkärp΄] n. [ MESO + CARP] the middle layer of the wall of a ripened ovary or fruit: see DRUPE mesocarpic adj …
50pericarp — [per′ə kärp΄] n. [ModL pericarpium < Gr perikarpion: see PERI & CARP] Bot. the wall of a ripened ovary, sometimes consisting of three distinct layers, the endocarp, mesocarp, and exocarp pericarpial adj …
