See Also: pericarp(medicine)
pericarp(dictionary)

pericarp (iou)



pericarp noun. . L17.
[French pericarpe from mod. Latin pericarpium from Greek perikarpion pod, husk, shell, formed as PERI- + karpos fruit: see -IUM.]
Botany. The wall of a ripened ovary or fruit. Also, a seed-vessel.
peri'carpial adjective M19.