section_path: Structure
section_name: Structure
paragraph_text: Structure
  
  The outer layer, often edible, of most fruits is called the pericarp. Typically formed from the ovary, it surrounds the seeds; in some species, however, other structural tissues contribute to or form the edible portion. The pericarp may be described in three layers from outer to inner, i.e., the epicarp, mesocarp and endocarp.
  
  Fruit that bears a prominent pointed terminal projection is said to be beaked.