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Endosperm refers to the rest of the seed, i.e. the seed coat, pericarp, aleurone layer, and starchy endosperm.
Moreover, as fruit ripens, the achenes undergo a strong lignification of their thick pericarp.
At this stage the triploid endosperm nuclei are approximately the same size as the diploid nuclei of the pericarp and nucellus.
All enzyme assays were performed with naked seeds, i.e. seeds from which the pericarp was removed.
While the subaleurone cells were intensively labelled, no label was seen in the outer layers of the grain, i.e. in the testa, pericarp and husk.
The single-seeded fruit known as a caryopsis consists of the pericarp and testa surrounding the endosperm and the embedded embryo.
The resulting kernel pigmentation phenotype consists of colorless pericarp with red sectors.
Prior to seed germination, the pericarp of a dispersed fruit opens to form a small slit near the stylar end.
The enzyme indeed increases during ripening, and is concentrated in the skin and outer pericarp of the fruit.
Bruises: soft areas or spots in the pericarp or in the skin caused by knocks or compressions.
The mature achene is composed of a hard and relatively thick pericarp, a thin testa, an endosperm consisting of one cell layer, and a small embryo.
To determine the robustness of these interlinked chromoplasts, protoplasts were made from ripe pericarp fruit tissue and examined for chromoplast-associated GFP fluorescence.
Grains showing longitudinal red striations of differing intensity and shades, due to residues from the pericarp.
Most fruits with a fleshy pericarp are eaten whole by vertebrates, including the stony endocarp or the stony seed coat.
The pericarp is semi-fleshy, with the cavity divided into three equal compartments.
For the purposes of manufacturing paprika, the fruit has three parts: the pericarp, the seeds and the stalk.
All observations on the nut should exclude the pericarp and should be made on physiological ripe nuts immediately after harvest.
After the head or pericarp has been removed, the rice is milled using abrasive stones to obtain white rice.
Kernels, whole or broken, with a red-colored pericarp covering more than onequarter of their surface, but excluding heat-damaged kernels.
In cosmetics, its tannin-rich pericarp is recognized for its ability to tighten pores andmatify the skin.
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Examples from Classical Literature
In this specimen a raceme of small flowers was included within the enlarged pericarp of a species of anchusa.
Its discoverer states that capsaicin occurs only in the pericarp of the fruit.
The pericarp is membranaceous, and adheres to the seed, forming a kind of caryopsides.
In the strictest sense the fruit is the seed-vessel, technically named the pericarp.
The pericarp or pod contains about twenty-four prismatic-shaped nuts.
The parts of the pericarp of the nut are united so as to appear one.
As the pericarp advances to maturity, it either becomes dry or succulent.
After the ovules have been fertilized, the ovary is called a pericarp.
It is possible that Theophrastus derived the word pericarp from Aristotle.
Grain is free, rugose, and the pericarp is hyaline and loose.
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