pericarp

n.

1. Botany. The wall of a ripened ovary; fruit wall.
2. A membranous structure surrounding the cystocarp of red algae.

pericarpial per'i·car'pi·al adj.

The fibrous layers next to the outer husk of cereal grains and outside the testa; of low digestibility and removed from grain during milling. The major constituent of bran.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
  Synonym: seed vessel

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - frøgemme, frugtskal

Nederlands (Dutch)
zaadhuisje, vruchtwand

Français (French)
n. - péricarpe

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Bot.) Fruchtwand

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (φυτολ.) περικάρπιο

Italiano (Italian)
pericarpo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pericarpo (m) (Anat.)

Русский (Russian)
околоцветник

Español (Spanish)
n. - pericarpio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - fruktvägg (bot.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
果皮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 果皮

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 과피

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 果皮

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) غلاف ثمرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דופן השחלה (בצמח)‬

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