seed vessel

Noun
Synonyms: pericarp

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Noun (1)

  1. the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovarySynonyms: pericarpType of covering, natural coveringKinds bur, epicarp, capsule, stone, mesocarpPart of seed
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Seed vessel

Botany, that part of a plant which contains the seeds; a pericarp.

From the entry Seed.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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