Exocarp

2 definitions found

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

  Exocarp \Ex"o*carp\, n. [Exo- + Gr. ? fruit.] (Bot.)
     The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the
     rind of an orange. See Illust. of {Drupe}.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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