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ENDOCARP

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 I. (noun) 

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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

Example:

you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking

Synonyms:

endocarp; pit; stone

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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