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exocarp
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun exocarp has 1 sense
- exocarp(n = noun.plant) epicarp - outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape; Array is a kind of pericarp, seed vessel
CIDE DICTIONARY
exocarp, n. [Exo- + Gr. fruit.].
The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe. [1913 Webster]
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