Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pericarp \Per"i*carp\, n. [Gr. ?; ? around + ? fruit: cf. F.
   p['e]ricarpe.] (Bot.)
   The ripened ovary; the walls of the fruit. See Illusts. of
   {Capsule}, {Drupe}, and {Legume}.

Source : WordNet®

pericarp
     n : the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
         [syn: {seed vessel}]