(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:26:19

Ep"i*carp (?), [Pref. epi- + Gr. fruit.] Bot.

The external or outermost layer of a fructified or ripened ovary. See Illust. under Endocarp.

 

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