| NOUN | plant | pericarp, seed vessel | the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary |
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| Meaning | The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary. | |
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| Synonym | seed vessel | |
| Part of | seed | A mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa |
| Narrower | bur, burr | seed vessel having hooks or prickles |
| capsule | A dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses | |
| epicarp, exocarp | outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape | |
| mesocarp | The middle layer of a pericarp | |
| stone, pit, endocarp | The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed | |
| Broader | covering, natural covering, cover | A natural object that covers or envelops |
| Spanish | pericarpio | |
| Catalan | pericarpi, pericarp | |
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