Garden Dictionary Word: pachycarpous

pachycarpous

Describes a seed having a thick outer layer or pericarp, e.g., the skin on a cherry. The skin (epicarp, ectocarp, or exocarp), flesh (mesocarp or sarcocarp), and stony outer layer of the seed (endocarp) form a pachycarpous covering of the seed proper.

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