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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]