epicarpn.
/ˈɛpᵻkɑːp/, U.S. /ˈɛpəˌkɑrp/ Botany.
The outermost layer of the pericarp of a fruit; the skin, rind, or peel. Cf. endocarp n., mesocarp n.
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1819 J. Lindley tr. L.-C. Richard Observ. Struct. Fruits & Seeds 2 I propose naming the epidermis of fruit Epicarp [Fr. Epicarpe], the parenchyma Sarcocarp.
1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. i. ii. 163 In the apple and pear the epicarp is formed by the cuticle of the calyx.
a1933 J. A. Thomson Biol. for Everyman (1934) II. 1422 The coco-nut is a stone-fruit or drupe, like a plum—but a stone-fruit in which the outermost pellicle or epicarp has become rather woody.
1952 P. Mann Systematics Flowering Plants ii. 212 As they ripen the outer skin (epicarp) usually becomes shiny and brightly coloured (purple, red or yellow), the acids are transformed into sugars, and the hard mesocarp becomes soft and juicy and attractive to birds.
2000 M. Ondaatje Anil's Ghost 50 They found charred epicarps of wild breadfruit that still grew in the region, even now, twenty thousand years later.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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