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

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

Bivalve :: Bivalve (n.) A pericarp in which the seed case opens or splits into two parts or valves.

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

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

Peritropal :: Peritropal (a.) Having the axis of the seed perpendicular to the axis of the pericarp to which it is attached.

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

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

Univalved :: Univalved (a.) Having one valve; as, a univalve shell or pericarp..

Dissilient :: Dissilient (a.) Starting asunder; bursting and opening with an elastic force; dehiscing explosively; as, a dissilient pericarp..

Peascod :: Peascod (n.) The legume or pericarp, or the pod, of the pea..

Autocarpian :: Autocarpian (a.) Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape..

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..

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

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

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

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..

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.

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..

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