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pericarp
noun
[ ˈpɛrɪkɑːp ]
• the part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary.
Origin:
late 17th century: from French péricarpe, from Greek perikarpion ‘pod, shell’, from peri- ‘around’ + karpos ‘fruit’.
