endocarp (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *endocarp*:
NOUN	plant	endocarp, stone, pit	the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

English > *endocarp*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	The hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed.
Synonyms	stone, pit
Narrower	cherry stone	The stone seed of a cherry
Narrower	peach pit	The stone seed of a peach
Broader	pericarp, seed vessel	The ripened and variously modified walls of a plant ovary
Spanish	endocarpio, endocarpo, hueso
Catalan	endocarpi, pinyol

HyperDic: endocarp