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Definition of: pericarp
(per′ə·kärp) noun Bot.
The wall of the ripened ovary of a flower, constituting the germ of the fruit. [<NL pericarpium <Gk. pericarpion a husk <peri- around + karpos a fruit]
—per′i·car′pi·al adjective
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