OED 2nd edition: epicanthus epicardium epicarp but no epicaricacy. From Wordnik.com. [Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...] Reference
HARDMAN, R. and SOFOWORA, E.A. (1971) Effect of enzymes on the yield of steroidal sapogenin from the epicarp and mesocarp of Balanites aegyptiaca fruit. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 5] Reference
Eight humans - all but Gren - hurled themselves among the feathery leafage on its back, stabbing deep into the epicarp to wound its rudimentary nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [HOTHOUSE]
The fruit's outer coat (epicarp) is peeled, pulp is sliced off the stony "seed" (endocarp), sun-dried, ground, mixed with blood to a brown, sticky, fibrous mixture (lokot) and eaten or sold in markets (Turkana). From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
At intervals along the surface of the epicarp are stomata, or breathing pores, surrounded by guard cells. From Wordnik.com. [All About Coffee] Reference
Mooden Sheriff ascribes its emetic properties to the pulp alone, the epicarp and seeds being inactive according to his authority. From Wordnik.com. [The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines] Reference
The epicarp is either smooth or rugose (sulcate or covered in scales or spines). the endocarp is the membranous or woody portion of the fruit. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The next layer of the pericarp is the mesocarp (Figs. 333, 334, 335), the cells of which are larger and more regular in outline than the epicarp. From Wordnik.com. [All About Coffee] Reference
No. 3 indicates the epicarp. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881] Reference
'round-wig,') -- consists of a shell, (vulgarly endocarp,) rind, (vulgarly mesocarp,) and skin, (vulgarly epicarp); three essential parts altogether. From Wordnik.com. [Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers] Reference
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