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pericarp [ˈpɛrɪˌkɑːp] n 1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Botany) the part of a fruit enclosing the seeds that develops from the wall of the ovary 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) a layer of tissue around the reproductive bodies of some algae and fungi [via French from New Latin pericarpium] pericarpial , pericarpic adj
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