a natural object that covers or envelops

a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa

outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits as the skin of a peach or grape

the middle layer of a pericarp

the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses

seed vessel having hooks or prickles

a mature fertilized plant ovule consisting of an embryo and its food source and having a protective coat or testa