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Bilocular :: Bilocular (a.) Divided into two cells or compartments; as, a bilocular pericarp..

Angiosperm :: Angiosperm (n.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp.

Caryopsis :: Caryopsis (n.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc..

Quinquelocular :: Quinquelocular (a.) Having five cells or loculi; five-celled; as, a quinquelocular pericarp..

Three-valved :: Three-valved (a.) Consisting of, or having, three valves; opening with three valves; as, a three-valved pericarp..

Blastocarpous :: Blastocarpous (a.) Germinating inside the pericarp, as the mangrove..

Echinated :: Echinated (a.) Set with prickles; prickly, like a hedgehog; bristled; as, an echinated pericarp..

Loculament :: Loculament (n.) The cell of a pericarp in which the seed is lodged.

Pachycarpous :: Pachycarpous (a.) Having the pericarp thick.

Gromwell :: Gromwell (n.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera..

Pericarpial :: Pericarpial (a.) Alt. of Pericarpi.

Quadrivalve :: Quadrivalve (a.) Dehiscent into four similar parts; four-valved; as, a quadrivalve pericarp..

Follicle :: Follicle (n.) A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed..

Angiospermous :: Angiospermous (a.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp.

Naked :: Naked (a.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales..

Anthocarpous :: Anthocarpous (a.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple..

Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp..

Nidulant :: Nidulant (a.) Lying loose in pulp or cotton within a berry or pericarp, as in a nest..

Boll :: Boll (n.) The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form..

Sexlocular :: Sexlocular (a.) Having six cells for seeds; six-celled; as, a sexlocular pericarp..

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