EPICARP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape

Synonyms:

epicarp; exocarp

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("epicarp" is a kind of...):

pericarp; seed vessel (the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary)

Derivation:

epicarpal (of or relating to the epicarp)

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