endocarp

[ en-duh-kahrp ]

nounBotany.

the inner layer of a pericarp, as the stone of certain fruits.

Origin of endocarp

First recorded in 1820–30; endo- + -carp

Words Nearby endocarp

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How to use endocarp in a sentence

Beneath this is a part like tissue paper, spoken of technically as the parchment, but known scientifically as the endocarp.
All About Coffee | William H. Ukers
The endocarp is usually hard, forming the stone (putamen) of the fruit, which encloses the kernel or seed.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3 | Various
Fruit fleshy and drupe-like, pear shaped; the globose endocarp thin.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray
Fruit with a fibrous-fleshy indehiscent epicarp, and a mostly rough irregularly furrowed endocarp or nut-shell.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray
Fruit wedge-shaped or club-shaped, more or less corky toward the summit, the hard endocarp perforated at the apex.
The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States | Asa Gray

British Dictionary definitions for endocarp

endocarp

/ (ˈɛndəˌkɑːp) /

noun

the inner, usually woody, layer of the pericarp of a fruit, such as the stone of a peach or cherry

Derived forms of endocarp

endocarpal or endocarpic, adjective

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Scientific definitions for endocarp

endocarp

[ ĕn′də-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 exocarp mesocarp.

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