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Farctate :: Farctate (v. t.) Stuffed; filled solid; as, a farctate leaf, stem, or pericarp; -- opposed to tubular or hollow..

Bicapsular :: Bicapsular (a.) Having two capsules; as, a bicapsular pericarp..

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

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

Bladder :: Bladder (n.) A distended, membranaceous pericarp..

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

Mesocarp :: Mesocarp (n.) The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers.

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

Three-sided :: Three-sided (a.) Having three sides, especially three plane sides; as, a three-sided stem, leaf, petiole, peduncle, scape, or pericarp..

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

Conceptacle :: Conceptacle (n.) A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles..

Pericarp :: Pericarp (n.) The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume..

Pericarpic :: Pericarpic (a.) Of or pertaining to a pericarp.

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

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

Quinquevalvular :: Quinquevalvular (a.) Having five valves, as a pericarp..

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

Burr :: Burr (n.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs..

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..

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

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