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Word entry · 8 letters

pericarp

Best crossword clue

"Fruit wall around seeds"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈpɛɹɪˌkɑːp/Part of speech nounSorted aceipprrStarts with PEnds with P1 clues
1P2E3R4I5C6A7R8P

Definitions

  1. the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary

Word origin

From French péricarpe, from New Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek περικάρπιον (perikárpion, “pod, husk, shell”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”). By surface analysis, peri- + -carp.

Used in a sentence

  • The pericarp of sorghums of the factorial titution BBSSrr, BBSsrr, BbsSrr, and BbSsrr may possess some t degree of coloration even though the pericarp color factor R is nt.
  • He learned, afternoon after afternoon, how to edge her into delicious frenzies, how to tremble the clitoris, pericarp, and tip.

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