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pericarp

peri.carp or peri.car.pic \'per-*-.ka:rp\ \.per-*-'ka:r-pe--*l\ \-pik\ n 
   [NL pericarpium, fr. Gk perikarpion pod, fr. peri- + -karp]ion -carp : the 
   ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary  - peri.car.pial aj