# Epicarp
**Source**: https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/epicarp
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the outermost layer of the [pericarp](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/pericarp "the wall of a fruit. developed from the ovary wall after fertilization."); the skin.
## Related terms
- [Pericarp](https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/pericarp)- Title
- Epicarp
- Category
- undergraduate
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- https://eflora.sydney.edu.au/glossary/epicarp
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