exocarp vs prune

exocarp

noun
  • The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp 

prune

noun
  • The dried, wrinkled fruit of certain species of plum. 

  • Something wrinkly like a prune. 

  • An old woman, especially a wrinkly one. 

verb
  • To cut down or shorten (by the removal of unnecessary material). 

  • To remove excess material from a tree or shrub; to trim, especially to make more healthy or productive. 

  • To remove unnecessary branches from a tree data structure. 

  • To become wrinkled like a dried plum, as the fingers and toes do when kept submerged in water. 

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