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endocarp

DEFINITIONS OF: endocarp

1

n the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

Synonyms:
pit, stone
Types:
peach pit
the stone seed of a peach
cherry stone
the stone seed of a cherry
Type of:
pericarp, seed vessel
the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
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