pericarpo

Definitions of pericarpo
  1. noun
    the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
    synonyms: pericarpio
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    types:
    endocarpio, endocarpo
    the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
    capsula
    a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
    type of:
    involucro
    a natural object that covers or envelops
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