Associations to the word «Pericarp»

Wiktionary

PERICARP, noun. (botany) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.
PERICARP, noun. (rare) (figurative) The outer layer of any thing.

Dictionary definition

PERICARP, noun. The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras