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PERICARP

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary

Synonyms:

pericarp; seed vessel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

cover; covering; natural covering (a natural object that covers or envelops)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pericarp"):

epicarp; exocarp (outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape)

mesocarp (the middle layer of a pericarp)

endocarp; pit; stone (the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed)

capsule (a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses)

bur; burr (seed vessel having hooks or prickles)

Holonyms ("pericarp" is a part of...):

seed (a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa)

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