Word Meanings - PERICARP - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of Capsule, Drupe, and Legume.

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• FRUIT
  The pulpy, edible seed vessels of certain plants, especially those grown on branches above ground, as apples, oranges, grapes, melons, berries, etc. See 3. (more info) enjoyment, product, fruit, from frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy; akin 1. Whatever
• FRUITAGE
  1. Fruit, collectively; fruit, in general; fruitery. The trees . . . ambrosial fruitage bear. Milton. 2. Product or result of any action; effect, good or ill.
• DRUPE
  A fruit consisting of pulpy, coriaceous, or fibrous exocarp, without valves, containing a nut or stone with a kernel. The exocarp is succulent in the plum, cherry, apricot, peach, etc.; dry and subcoriaceous in the almond; and fibrous
• LEGUMEN
  See LEGUME
• FRUITIVE
  Eujoying; possessing. Boyle.
• LEGUME
  A pod dehiscent into two pieces or valves, and having the seed attached at one suture, as that of the pea. Note: In the latter circumstance, it differs from a siliqua, in which the seeds are attached to both sutures. In popular use, a legume is
• FRUITION
  Use or possession of anything, especially such as is accompanied with pleasure or satisfaction; pleasure derived from possession or use. "Capacity of fruition." Rogers. "Godlike fruition." Milton. Where I may have fruition of her love. Shak.
• FRUITLESS
  1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak. 2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless
• FRUITERESS
  A woman who sells fruit.
• FRUITY
  Having the odor, taste, or appearance of fruit; also, fruitful. Dickens.
• FRUITER
  A ship for carrying fruit.
• CAPSULE
  a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc. A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier. a small,
• FRUITERY
  1. Fruit, taken collectively; fruitage. J. Philips. 2. A repository for fruit. Johnson.
• FRUITERER
  One who deals in fruit; a seller of fruits.
• FRUITFUL
  Full of fruit; producing fruit abundantly; bearing results; prolific; fertile; liberal; bountiful; as, a fruitful tree, or season, or soil; a fruitful wife. -- Fruit"ful*ly, adv. -- Fruit"ful*ness, n. Be fruitful and multiply and replenish
• DRUPEL; DRUPELET
  A small drupe, as one of the pulpy grains of the blackberry.
• FRUITING
  Pertaining to, or producing, fruit.
• RIPENESS
  The state or quality of being ripe; maturity;; completeness; perfection; as, the ripeness of grain; ripeness of manhood; ripeness of judgment. Time, which made them their fame outlive, To Cowley scarce did ripeness give. Denham.
• FRUITESTERE
  A fruiteress.
• RIPEN
  1. To grow ripe; to become mature, as grain, fruit, flowers, and the like; as, grapes ripen in the sun. 2. To approach or come to perfection.
• TWO-CAPSULED
  Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular.
• UNFRUITFUL
  Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. -- Un*fruit"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*fruit"ful*ness, n.
• BREADFRUIT
  The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree. (more info) 1. The fruit of a tree found
• UNRIPENESS
  Quality or state of being unripe.
• DECENNOVAL; DECENNOVARY
  Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years. Holder.
• GRAPE FRUIT
  The shaddock.
• OVERFRUITFUL
  Too fruitful.
• QUADRIPENNATE
  Having four wings; -- said of insects.
• PSEUDOVARY
  The organ in which pseudova are produced; -- called also pseudovarium.
• KEY FRUIT
  A samara.
• CREAM-FRUIT
  A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice.