endocarp (redirected from endocarps)

en·do·carp  (nd-kärp)

n.

The hard inner layer of the pericarp of many fruits, such as the pit or stone of a cherry, peach, or olive.

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endo·carpal adj.

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endocarp  (nd-kärp)

The hard inner layer of the pericarp of many fruits, such as the layer that forms the pit or stone of a cherry, peach, or olive. Compare exocarpmesocarp

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Noun

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endocarp - 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" pit, stone pericarp, seed vessel - the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary peach pit - the stone seed of a peach cherry stone - the stone seed of a cherry