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xylocarp
/ ˈzaɪləˌkɑːp /
noun
botany a fruit, such as a coconut, having a hard woody pericarp
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- xylocarpous adjective
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The movie cuts to a tiny bespectacled girl spelling “xylocarp” at the National Spelling Bee.
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Xylocarp, zī′lō-k�rp, n. a hard and woody fruit.—adj.
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