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Word: Pericarp
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 17th century (in the form pericarpium): from modern Latin pericarpium, from Greek perikarpion ‘pod, shell’, from peri- ‘around’ + karpos ‘fruit’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈpɛrɪkɑːp
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary.
Short Definition:part of fruit formed from wall of ripened ovary
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