pericarp

English

Etymology

French péricarpe, from Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek περικάρπιον (perikarpion, “pod, husk, shell”), from περί (peri, “around”) + καρπός (karpos, “fruit”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɛɹɪˌkɑːp/

Noun

pericarp (plural pericarps)

1. (botany) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.
2. used figuratively

   1974, He learned, afternoon after afternoon, how to edge her into delicious frenzies, how to tremble the clitoris, pericarp, and tip. — Guy Davenport, Tatlin!

Related terms

• endocarp
• mesocarp

Translations

outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 果皮 (cmn) (guǒpí)

• Czech: oplodí (cs) n
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: perikarppi (fi)
• French: péricarpe (fr) m
• German: Perikarp (de) n
• Ido: perikarpo (io)

• Italian: pericarpo (it) m
• Japanese: 果皮 (ja) (かひ, kahi)
• Korean: 과피 (ko) (gwapi) (果皮 (ko))
• Manx: ym-charp (gv) m
• Romanian: pericarp (ro) n
• Russian: околоплодник (ru) (okoloplódnik) m, перикарпий (ru) (perikárpij) m
• Spanish: pericarpio (es) m
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: vỏ quả (vi)

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