epicarp, exocarp
(noun) outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape
Source: WordNet® 3.1
exocarp (plural exocarps)
(biology) The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp
• praecox, precoxa
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"o*carp, n. Etym: [Exo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 February 2025
(noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun)
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
