The fruit wall which has developed from the ovary wall; sometimes used for any fruit covering From the Greek, peri (peri), "around;" and karpos (karpos), "fruit "
The wall of a ripened ovary (fruit) It is homogeneous in some genera In others it is composed of three distinct layers, exocarp, mesocarp, and endocarp
() French péricarpe, from Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek περικάρπιον (perikarpion, “pod, husk, shell”), from περί (peri, “around”) + καρπός (karpos, “fruit”).