exocarp

English

Etymology

exo- + Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”); exo- +‎ -carp.

Noun

exocarp (plural exocarps)

(biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp

Related terms

exocarpic

Translations

outermost layer of the pericarp

Chinese:
Mandarin: 外果皮 (zh) (wàiguǒpí)
Dutch: exocarp n
Finnish: eksokarppi
French: épicarpe (fr) m

Ido: epikarpo (io)
Romanian: exocarp (ro) n, epicarp (ro) n
Russian: экзока́рпий (ru) m (ekzokárpij), внепло́дник (ru) m (vneplódnik)
Spanish: epicarpio m
Tagalog: labasbalok

Anagrams

praecox

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.soːˈkɑrp/
Hyphenation: exo‧carp
Rhymes: -ɑrp

Noun

exocarp n (uncountable)

exocarp

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