epicarp

2 definitions found

epicarp - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Epicarp \Ep"i*carp\, [Pref. epi- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)
     The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened
     ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.
     [1913 Webster]

epicarp - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  epicarp
      n 1: outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a
           peach or grape [syn: epicarp, exocarp]