Underneath the pericarpus is another, thinner skin, called the pellicle or episperm.
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The fruit inside these shows two cotyledons with a creamy-white flesh throughout, except in some varieties which show only one cotyledon, and whose episperm is only slightly or not intruded at all.
परिभाषा
protective outer layer of seeds of flowering plants पर्याय: testa, seed coat,