pericarps

Noun

pericarp (plural pericarps)

1. The outermost layer, or skin, of a ripe fruit or ovary.
   • When, as in the cherry, the different layers of the pericarp are well-defined and largely developed, they received distinctive names ; the outer skin is the epicarp (epi, upon, carpon, a fruit), the middle fleshy part is the mesocarp (mesos, middle) ; and the innermost hard shell is the endocarp...1880, The Farmer's Magazine, page 208

   Synonyms:

   carpodermis

2. (figuratively, rare) The outer layer of anything.
   • He learned, afternoon after afternoon, how to edge her into delicious frenzies, how to tremble the clitoris, pericarp, and tip.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!