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Definition of Endocarp
1. 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. "You should remove the stones from prunes before cooking"
Generic synonyms: Pericarp, Seed Vessel
Specialized synonyms: Peach Pit, Cherry Stone
Derivative terms: Pit, Stone, Stony
Definition of Endocarp
1. n. The inner layer of a ripened or fructified ovary.
Definition of Endocarp
1. Noun. (botany) The woody inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Endocarp
1. the inner layer of a pericarp [n -S]
Medical Definition of Endocarp
1. The innermost layer of the wall of a fruit, in a drupe, the stony layer surrounding the seed. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Endocarp
Literary usage of Endocarp
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Elements of Vegetable Histology by Charles William Ballard (1921)
"The endocarp usually consists of a single layer, or, at most, ... In powdered
materials the endocarp cells are usually apparent on surface view as masses of ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1905)
"A slight ridge on the inner edge of each margin of the carpel prevents for a time
the escape of the twisting endocarp. The placenta separates, forming ..."
3. Botany of the United States North of Virginia: Comprising Descriptions of by Lewis Caleb Beck (1848)
"endocarp, the hard shell which forms the covering of the seeds. Entire, even and
whole at the edge; without incision, notch, or tooth. ..."
4. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"The carpels 2, joined to form a capsule dehiscing at the apex, the endocarp forming a
... endocarp ..."
5. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings by John Lubbock (1892)
"Drupe oblong, dorso-ventrally compressed ; endocarp pale- or straw-coloured, ...
C, transverse section of endocarp and seed near its apex, x 6 : P, ..."
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