| 单词 | pericarp |
| 释义 | pericarp[ per-i-kahrp ] / ˈpɛr ɪˌkɑrp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR pericarp ON THESAURUS.COM noun Botany.the walls of a ripened ovary or fruit, sometimes consisting of three layers, the epicarp, mesocarp, and endocarp. a membranous envelope around the cystocarp of red algae. Origin of pericarp1750–60; <New Latin pericarpium<Greek perikárpion pod. See peri-, -carp OTHER WORDS FROM pericarpper·i·car·pi·al, per·i·car·pic, adjectiveper·i·car·poi·dal, adjectiveWords nearby pericarppericardiostomy, pericardiotomy, pericarditis, pericarditis obliterans, pericardium, pericarp, pericementitis, pericementum, pericenter, pericentre, perichaetial Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pericarpBritish Dictionary definitions for pericarppericarp / (ˈpɛrɪˌkɑːp) / nounthe part of a fruit enclosing the seeds that develops from the wall of the ovary a layer of tissue around the reproductive bodies of some algae and fungi Derived forms of pericarppericarpial or pericarpic, adjectiveWord Origin for pericarpC18: via French from New Latin pericarpium Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Scientific definitions for pericarppericarp [ pĕr′ĭ-kärp′ ] The tissue that arises from the ripened ovary wall of a fruit; the fruit wall. In fleshy fruits, the pericarp can often be divided into the exocarp, the mesocarp, and the endocarp. For example, in a peach, the skin is the exocarp, the yellow flesh is the mesocarp, while the stone or pit surrounding the seed represents the endocarp. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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