Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The inner layer of the pericarp of a fruit, which can be soft, such as the pulp of an orange, or hard, such as the stone of a peach.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In botany, the inner wall of a pericarp which consists of two dissimilar layers.
- noun It may be hard and stony as in the plum and peach, membranous as in the apple, or fleshy as in the orange. The endocarp or stone, the epicarp or outer skin, and the mesocarp or fleshy part of a peach are shown in the cut.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany The
woody inner layer of thepericarp of somefruits that contains theseed .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed
Etymologies
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Examples
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The epicarp is either smooth or rugose (sulcate or covered in scales or spines). the endocarp is the membranous or woody portion of the fruit.
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Within this husk is the endocarp or seed shell that resembles the female anatomy.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Within this husk is the endocarp or seed shell that resembles the female anatomy.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Within this husk is the endocarp or seed shell that resembles the female anatomy.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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Its own fruit is roughly the size of a peach, with a stony endocarp like an oversized peach pit.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Its own fruit is roughly the size of a peach, with a stony endocarp like an oversized peach pit.
The Song of The Dodo David Quammen 2004
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Management: Propagated by seed (endocarp) with pulp removed.
Chapter 7 1999
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Management: Propagated by seed (endocarp) with pulp removed.
Chapter 7 1999
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The fruit's outer coat (epicarp) is peeled, pulp is sliced off the stony "seed" (endocarp), sun-dried, ground, mixed with blood to a brown, sticky, fibrous mixture (lokot) and eaten or sold in markets (Turkana).
Chapter 7 1999
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The fruiting body has an endocarp which resembles a grappling hook, from which the plant takes its common name.
Chapter 7 1991
mollusque commented on the word endocarp
Inner fish.
June 8, 2009
reesetee commented on the word endocarp
*snicker*
June 9, 2009
qms commented on the word endocarp
The way they treat Ernest's a sin.
They plied him with tonic and gin.
Their practice is sharp:
He now thinks endocarp
Refers to our ancient fish within.
Find out more about Ernest Bafflewit
August 22, 2014
hernesheir commented on the word endocarp
Very witty, qms.
August 22, 2014