ENDOCARP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does endocarp mean? 

• ENDOCARP (noun)
  The noun ENDOCARP has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: ENDOCARP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENDOCARP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

endocarp; pit; stone

Context example:

you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking

Hypernyms ("endocarp" is a kind of...):

pericarp; seed vessel (the ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "endocarp"):

peach pit (the stone seed of a peach)

cherry stone (the stone seed of a cherry)