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endocarp

Noun

en=do=carp

WORDNET DICTIONARY

endocarp(n = noun.plant) pit, stone - the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"

is a kind of pericarp, seed vessel

has particulars: peach pit, cherry stone

endocarp, n. [Endo- + Gr. fruit: cf. F. endocarpe.].

The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary. [1913 Webster]

endocarp, n. the innermost layer of the pericarp.

Derivative

endocarpic adj.

Etymology

ENDO- + PERICARP

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