pericarp

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For instance, strawberries are derived from the receptacle and apples from the pericarp, or hypanthium.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Another three well-characterized domestication genes, qSH1 for seed shattering, Waxy for grain quality and Rc for pericarp colour, which showed strong selection signals in the panel, were not fully shared in the population.

From Nature • Oct. 24, 2012

Capsule depressed, 5-celled, many-seeded, the pericarp of 2 layers, the outer 5-valved, the cartilaginous inner layer at length 10-valved.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa

Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

It is contained in a seed-vessel formed from the ovary in the plants called angiospermous; while in gymnospermous plants, such as Coniferae and Cycadaceae, it is naked, or, in other words, has no true pericarp.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 "Frost" to "Fyzabad" by Various