ENDOCARP - Definition

Pronunciation:		'endu`kârp
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[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; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"

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	Synonyms:	pit, stone

	See Also:	cherry stone, peach pit, pericarp, seed vessel

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\En"do*carp\, n. [Endo- + Gr. ? fruit: cf. F. endocarpe.] (Bot.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.

Biology Dictionary

	Definition:	The innermost layer of the wall of a fruit; in a drupe, the stony layer surrounding the seed.