epicarp

NOUN
  1. outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape
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  • This, however, is only a fleshy outer rind -- epicarp -- which, as it ripens, opens into two equal parts, when within is seen a spherical polished nut, surrounding an aril, the mace, which is of a bright yellow colour. In the Eastern Seas
  • Surface view of _ep_, epicarp, and _p_, outer parenchyma of mesocarp. x160. All About Coffee
  • HARDMAN, R. and SOFOWORA, E.A. (1971) Effect of enzymes on the yield of steroidal sapogenin from the epicarp and mesocarp of Balanites aegyptiaca fruit. Chapter 5
  • The fruit's outer coat (epicarp) is peeled, pulp is sliced off the stony "seed" (endocarp), sun-dried, ground, mixed with blood to a brown, sticky, fibrous mixture (lokot) and eaten or sold in markets (Turkana). Chapter 7
  • Mooden Sheriff ascribes its emetic properties to the pulp alone, the epicarp and seeds being inactive according to his authority. The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines
  • At intervals along the surface of the epicarp are stomata, or breathing pores, surrounded by guard cells. All About Coffee
  • OED 2nd edition: epicanthus epicardium epicarp but no epicaricacy. Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
  • The next layer of the pericarp is the mesocarp (Figs. 333, 334, 335), the cells of which are larger and more regular in outline than the epicarp. All About Coffee
  • OED 2nd edition: epicanthus epicardium epicarp but no epicaricacy. Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
  • HARDMAN, R. and SOFOWORA, E.A. (1971) Effect of enzymes on the yield of steroidal sapogenin from the epicarp and mesocarp of Balanites aegyptiaca fruit. Chapter 5
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