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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
- Example: "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
[syn: stone, pit, endocarp]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Endocarp \En"do*carp\, n. [Endo- + Gr. ? fruit: cf. F. endocarpe.] (Bot.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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" [syn: stone, pit, endocarp]