Pericarp vs. Perisperm

Pericarpnoun

(botany) The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.

Pericarpnoun

The outer layer of anything.

Pericarpnoun

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

Pericarpnoun

the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary

Perispermnoun

(biology) The layer of nutritive tissue, derived from the nucellus, that surrounds the embryo of a seed in some angiosperms.

Perispermnoun

The albumen of a seed, especially that portion which is formed outside of the embryo sac.

Perispermnoun

the nutritive tissue outside the sac containing the embryo in some seeds