exocarp

English

Etymology

exo- + Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”); exo- +‎ -carp.

Noun

exocarp (plural exocarps)

1. (biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp

Related terms

• exocarpic

Translations

outermost layer of the pericarp

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 外果皮 (zh) (wàiguǒpí)

• Dutch: exocarp n
• Finnish: eksokarppi
• French: épicarpe (fr) m
• Ido: epikarpo (io)
• Polish: egzokarp m
• Romanian: exocarp (ro) n, epicarp (ro) n
• Russian: экзока́рпий (ru) m (ekzokárpij), внепло́дник (ru) m (vneplódnik)
• Spanish: epicarpio m
• Tagalog: labasbalok

Anagrams

• praecox, precoxa

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛk.soːˈkɑrp/
• Hyphenation: exo‧carp
• Rhymes: -ɑrp

Noun

exocarp n (uncountable)

1. exocarp

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exocarpe.

Noun

exocarp n (plural exocarpuri)

1. exocarpe

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	exocarp	exocarpul		exocarpuri	exocarpurile
genitive-dative	exocarp	exocarpului		exocarpuri	exocarpurilor
vocative	exocarpule			exocarpurilor