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exocarp

[ ek-soh-kahrp ]

noun

Botany.


exocarp

/ ˈɛ°ì²õəʊˌ°ìɑ˱è /

noun

  1. another name for epicarp
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

exocarp

/ Ä•°ì′²õÅ-°ìä°ù±è′ /

  1. The outermost layer of the pericarp. In a fleshy drupe such as a peach, the skin constitutes the exocarp.
  2. Also called epicarp
  3. Compare endocarp
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Origin of exocarp1

First recorded in 1835–45; exo- + -carp
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The novel is also broken down into the sections of a pomegranate: “exocarp,†“mesocarp,†“membrane†and “seeds.â€

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First, the inner kernel of gas; second, the hard shell or endocarp; third, a viscous layer like the sarcocarp or pulp, and outside of all the wrinkled crust of exocarp.

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