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Definition of Epicarp
1. Noun. Outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape.
Definition of Epicarp
1. Noun. (botany) Exocarp. ¹
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Definition of Epicarp
1. the outer layer of a pericarp [n -S]
Medical Definition of Epicarp
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Epicarp
Literary usage of Epicarp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"Referring to the covering of fruits: spec. integument, peel, rind, epicarp (tech.),
jacket (colloq. or slang), parings (pi.); see HULL, BARK. 4. ..."
2. Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis: Containing Abridged by Robert Wight, George Arnott Walker Arnott (1834)
"... fruit : disk of the ovary pubescent or hairy: epicarp rather dry : cocci
between bony and crustaceans, opening on their inner face. Flowers corymbose. ..."
3. Forest flora of British Burma by Sulpice Kurz (1877)
"Drupes fibrous- woody, with a fleshy epicarp, arranged into compact heads, free
or united into bundles, usually angular-pyramidal, 1-seeded, ..."
4. Flora of the Southern United States: Containing an Abridged Description of by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1897)
"Leaflets 9-13, lanceolate, acuminate, slightly serrate, smooth; fruit roundish,
4-ribbed ; epicarp thin, 4 parted to the base; nut compressed, thin-shelled, ..."
5. The American Botanist and Florist: Including Lessons in the Structure, Life by Alphonso Wood (1875)
"epicarp 4-valved, disclosing a smooth, even nut. Jj Timber very strong. ...
4, 5 * Valves of the epicarp united below. Bark continuous, firm. Nos. ..."
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