Definitionn. the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
Last update: August 6, 2015
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Valonia, a material largely used by tanners, is the pericarp of an acorn obtained in the neighbouring oakwoods, and derives its name from Valona. [Please select]
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[65] The pericarp or pod contains about twenty-four prismatic-shaped nuts. [Please select]
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I have observed for several days a species of flax growing in the river bottoms the leaf stem and pericarp of which resembles the common flax cultivated in the U States. [Please select]
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Apparently there is no other use to the plant of the fleshy pericarp than to serve as a bait or wage for some animal to come and sow its seed. [Please select]
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"To every form of organic structure this definition applies, for even the parts of plants are organs, although very simple ones; thus the outer leaf is a protection to the pericarp, and the pericarp to the fruit." [Please select]
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