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epicarp

/ep-i-kahrp/US // ˈɛp ɪˌkɑrp //UK // (ˈɛpɪˌkɑːp) //

磊磊,磊落,磊石,磊晶

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Botany.

    • : the outermost layer of a pericarp, as the rind or peel of certain fruits.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • At intervals along the surface of the epicarp are stomata, or breathing pores, surrounded by guard cells.

  • The cells of the epicarp are broad and polygonal, sometimes regularly four-sided, about 15–35 µ broad.

  • Mooden Sheriff ascribes its emetic properties to the pulp alone, the epicarp and seeds being inactive according to his authority.

  • Fruit with a fibrous-fleshy indehiscent epicarp, and a mostly rough irregularly furrowed endocarp or nut-shell.

  • Fruit a little seed-like nutlet, enclosed in a loose and separable membranous epicarp.