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pericarp
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[ˈpɛrɪkɑːp], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary
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Origin
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late 17th century (in the form pericarpium): from modern Latin pericarpium, from Greek perikarpion ‘pod, shell’, from peri- ‘around’ + karpos ‘fruit’
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