Bot. [f. Gr. ἐπί (see EPI-) + καρπ-ός fruit.] In fruits: The outermost layer of the pericarp; the peel, rind or skin. Cf. ENDOCARP.
1835. Lindley, Introd. Bot. (1848), II. 3. In the apple and pear the epicarp is formed by the cuticle of the calyx, in the peach the separable skin is the epicarp.
