pericarp
Term Information
- Accession
- PO:0009084
- Aspect
- plant anatomy
- Synonyms
- related: fruit peel
- related: fruit rind
- exact: pericarpo (Spanish)
- exact: portion of pericarp tissue
- exact: 果皮 (Japanese)
- Definition
- A portion of plant tissue (PO:0009007) that is the outer layer (wall) of a fruit (PO:0009001), and develops from a plant ovary (PO:0009072) or a carpel (PO:0009030) wall. [source: APweb:Glossary, GR:Pankaj_Jaiswal, TAIR:Leonore_Reiser]
- Comment
- May be fleshy in fruits such as grape.
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