Epicarp

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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