Epicarps [noun]
Definition of Epicarps:
skin, covering
Synonyms of Epicarps:
● Shell
● Cover
● Husk
● Rind
● Bark
● Shuck
● Pellicle
● Exocarp
● Peeling
Opposite/Antonyms of Epicarps:
● Insides
● Innards
Sentence/Example of Epicarps:
At intervals along the surface of the epicarp are stomata, or breathing pores, surrounded by guard cells.
The cells of the epicarp are broad and polygonal, sometimes regularly four-sided, about 15–35 µ broad.
Mooden Sheriff ascribes its emetic properties to the pulp alone, the epicarp and seeds being inactive according to his authority.
Fruit with a fibrous-fleshy indehiscent epicarp, and a mostly rough irregularly furrowed endocarp or nut-shell.
Fruit a little seed-like nutlet, enclosed in a loose and separable membranous epicarp.