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| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : per-i-kahrp |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛr ɪˌkɑrp |
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Définition of pericarp
- As in shell : noun structure; covering
- Grain is free, rugose, and the pericarp is hyaline and loose.
- Extract from : « A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses » by Rai Bahadur K. Ranga Achariyar
- The pericarp or pod contains about twenty-four prismatic-shaped nuts.
- Extract from : « Commercial Geography » by Jacques W. Redway
- It is official in all Pharmacopœias and the pericarp is the part employed.
- Extract from : « The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines » by T. H. Pardo de Tavera
- The pericarp is membranaceous, and adheres to the seed, forming a kind of caryopsides.
- Extract from : « Botany for Ladies » by Jane Loudon
- The parts of the pericarp of the nut are united so as to appear one.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 » by Various
- Pericarp round with a point, invested with the calyx, of three cells.
- Extract from : « Lachesis Lapponica » by Carl von Linn
- After the ovules have been fertilized, the ovary is called a pericarp.
- Extract from : « The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits » by Mary Elizabeth Parsons
- Autocarpous, aw-to-kr′pus, adj. applied to such fruit as consists only of the pericarp, with no adnate parts.
- Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
- As the pericarp advances to maturity, it either becomes dry or succulent.
- Extract from : « American Pomology » by J. A. Warder
- In the strictest sense the fruit is the seed-vessel, technically named the Pericarp.
- Extract from : « The Elements of Botany » by Asa Gray
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