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noun - (botany) The outermost layer of a ripe fruit or ovary.
- used figuratively
- 1974: He learned, afternoon after afternoon, how to edge her into delicious frenzies, how to tremble the clitoris, , and tip. " Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
Etymology: French péricarpe, from Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek (polytonic, ) (perikarpion) "pod, husk, shell", from (polytonic, ) (peri) "around" + (polytonic, ) (karpos) "fruit".
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