Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The outermost layer of the fruit wall.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the outer layer of a pericarp when it consists of two dissimilar layers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See
Illust. ofdrupe .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biology The
outermost layer of thepericarp offruits ; theskin orepicarp .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape
Etymologies
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Examples
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The outer layer of the cashew, a dry drupe, is called the exocarp, and the thick inner layer is the endocarp.
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The outer layer of the cashew, a dry drupe, is called the exocarp, and the thick inner layer is the endocarp.
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The outer layer of the cashew, a dry drupe, is called the exocarp, and the thick inner layer is the endocarp.
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The outer layer of the cashew, a dry drupe, is called the exocarp, and the thick inner layer is the endocarp.
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The outer layer of the cashew, a dry drupe, is called the exocarp, and the thick inner layer is the endocarp.
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The outer layer of the cashew, a dry drupe, is called the exocarp, and the thick inner layer is the endocarp.
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The outer layer of the cashew is called the exocarp, and the thick inner layer is the endocarp.
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The outer layer of the cashew is called the exocarp, and the thick inner layer is the endocarp.
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The outer layer of the cashew is called the exocarp, and the thick inner layer is the endocarp.
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The outer layer of the cashew, a dry drupe, is called the exocarp, and the thick inner layer is the endocarp.
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