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The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: carpodermis
Antonyms: none provided
The outer layer of anything.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, rare
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: seed vessel
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: covering, natural covering, cover
Narrower terms: epicarp, exocarp, mesocarp, stone, pit, endocarp, capsule, bur, burr
From French péricarpe, from New Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek περικάρπιον (perikárpion, “pod, husk, shell”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”). By surface analysis, peri- + -carp.
Across languages
Translations
31 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
околопло́дник
(okoloplódnik)
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Bulgarian:
перика́рп
(perikárp)
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Catalan:
pericarpi
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Chinese Mandarin:
果皮
(guǒpí)
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Czech:
oplodí
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Dutch:
pericarp
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Finnish:
perikarppi
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Finnish:
hedelmän seinä
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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French:
péricarpe
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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German:
Perikarp
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Greek:
περικάρπιο
(perikárpio)
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Ancient Greek:
περικάρπιον
(perikárpion)
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Ido:
perikarpo
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Italian:
pericarpo
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Japanese:
果皮
(kahi)
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Korean:
과피
(gwapi)
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Macedonian:
околуплодник
(okoluplodnik)
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Macedonian:
перикарп
(perikarp)
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Manx:
ym-charp
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Polish:
owocnia
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Polish:
perykarp
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Portuguese:
pericarpo
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Romanian:
pericarp
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Russian:
околопло́дник
(okoloplódnik)
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Russian:
перика́рпий
(perikárpij)
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Spanish:
pericarpio
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Swedish:
perikarp
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Swedish:
fruktvägg
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Tagalog:
balok
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Vietnamese:
vỏ quả
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary
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Welsh:
pericarp
— outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary