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English Dictionary: endocarp by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
endocarp
n
  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; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
    Synonym(s): stone, pit, endocarp
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Endocarp \En"do*carp\, n. [Endo- + Gr. [?] fruit: cf. F.
      endocarpe.] (Bot.)
      The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
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