pericarp
81ves´sel|like´ — ves|sel «VEHS uhl», noun. 1. a) any large boat; ship, especially one larger than a canoe or rowboat, designed or equipped for conveying passengers and cargo: »Ocean liners and other vessels are usually docked by tugboats. b) Law. any floating… …
82ves|sel — «VEHS uhl», noun. 1. a) any large boat; ship, especially one larger than a canoe or rowboat, designed or equipped for conveying passengers and cargo: »Ocean liners and other vessels are usually docked by tugboats. b) Law. any floating structure.… …
83Abrus — Pea Pea, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. ?, ?. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. {Pease}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum},… …
84Angiosperm — An gi*o*sperm ( [a^]n j[i^]*[ o]*sp[ e]rm), n. [Angio + Gr. ?, ?, seed.] (Bot.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. Contrasted with {gymnosperm}. [1913 Webster] Note: The term is restricted to exogenous plants, and applied to one… …
85Angiospermous — An gi*o*sper mous, a. (Bot.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp. [1913 Webster] …
86Anthocarpous — An tho*car pous, a. [Gr. a nqos flower + karpo s fruit.] (Bot.) Having some portion of the floral envelopes attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple. [1913 Webster] …
87Autocarpian — Autocarpous Au to*car pous, Autocarpian Au to*car pi*an, a. [Auto + Gr. karpo s fruit.] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape. [1913 Webster] …
88Autocarpous — Au to*car pous, Autocarpian Au to*car pi*an, a. [Auto + Gr. karpo s fruit.] (Bot.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape. [1913 Webster] …
89bacca — ac ca n. 1. an indehiscent fruit derived from a single ovary having one or many seeds within a fleshy wall or pericarp: e. g. grape; tomato; cranberry. Syn: simple fruit [WordNet 1.5] …
90Beach pea — Pea Pea, n.; pl. {Peas}or {Pease}. [OE. pese, fr. AS. pisa, or OF. peis, F. pois; both fr. L. pisum; cf. Gr. ?, ?. The final s was misunderstood in English as a plural ending. Cf. {Pease}.] 1. (Bot.) A plant, and its fruit, of the genus {Pisum},… …
