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What does exocarp mean?

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Noun
  1. (biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp.
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The fruit is a one-seeded drupe consisting of a fleshy exocarp and mesocarp and a hard endocarp that is united with the seed coat.
The outside husk or exocarp is smooth and very tough, green to reddish brown becoming grey as the fruit matures.
Fruit in which the seed is surrounded by two distinct layers: an exocarp and a fleshy mesocarp that is in direct contact with the seed.
Wet masses of the exocarp, mesocarp, and endocarp were also measured on twenty ripe fallen fruits.
Fruit with a seed, or pip, surrounded by three distinct layers: an exocarp, a fleshy mesocarp and a stiff endocarp containing loculi.

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