different between pericarp vs endosperm

English

Etymology

From French péricarpe, from New Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (perikárpion, “pod, husk, shell”), from ???? (perí, “around”) + ?????? (karpós, “fruit”). Alternatively, peri- +? -carp.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p????k??p/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p????k??p/
• Hyphenation: pe?ri?carp

Noun

pericarp (plural pericarps)

1. (botany) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.
2. (rare, figuratively) The outer layer of any thing.
   • 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:

     He learned, afternoon after afternoon, how to edge her into delicious frenzies, how to tremble the clitoris, pericarp, and tip.

Related terms

• endocarp
• exocarp
• mesocarp

Translations

Anagrams

• crappier

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek ??????????? (perikárpion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?.ri?k?rp/, [?p??.ri?k?rp]
• Hyphenation: pe?ri?carp
• Rhymes: -?rp

Noun

pericarp n (uncountable)

1. pericarp

Romanian

Etymology

From French péricarpe.

Noun

pericarp n (plural pericarpe)

1. pericarp

Declension

English

Noun

endosperm (plural endosperms)

1. (biology) tissue surrounding the embryo of flowering plant seeds, that provides nutrition to the developing embryo; usually triploid

Derived terms

• endospermic

Translations

Further reading

• endosperm on Wikipedia.Wikipedia