Definition of epicarps Epicarps
We found 3 definitions of epicarps from 2 different sources.
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What does epicarps mean?
Wiktionary 
- epicarps (Noun)
Plural of epicarp.
Part of speech
🔤- epicarps, noun, plural of epicarp.
WordNet
NounPlural: epicarps |
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| epicarp - outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape | ||
| exocarp | ||
| pericarp, seed vessel the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary | ||
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Wiktionary
- epicarp (Noun)
Exocarp.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- epicarp
The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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epicarp
ep′i-kärp, n. (bot.) the outermost layer of the pericarp or fruit. [Gr. epi, upon, karpos, fruit.]
Part of speech
🔤- epicarp, noun, singular of epicarps.
