NOUN | plant | epicarp, exocarp | outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape |
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Meaning | outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape. | |
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Synonym | exocarp | |
Broader | pericarp, seed vessel | The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary |
Spanish | epicarpio | |
Catalan | epicarpi | |
Adjectives | epicarpal | of or relating to the epicarp |
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