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   pericarp

   /ˈpɛrɪkɑːp/

   noun

   • 1. the part of a fruit formed from the wall of the ripened ovary.

   Word Origin late 17th century (in the form pericarpium): from modern Latin pericarpium, from Greek perikarpion ‘pod, shell’, from peri- ‘around’ + karpos ‘fruit’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • P

     3

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     1

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