endocarp

From endo- +‎ -carp.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈendōˌkärp/

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• Hyphenation: en‧do‧carp

endocarp (countable and uncountable, plural endocarps)

1. (botany) The woody inner layer of the pericarp of some fruits that contains the seed: the tissue (uncountable) or the structure that it composes (countable).

   Holonyms: pyrena < drupe, stone fruit

   • 2013, Caspar Henderson, “Mystaceus”, in The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary, Chicago, Ill.; London: University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 198:

     A few years ago a message from God was found in a tomato in Yorkshire. The Arabic letters were clearly visible, for those who could see them, spelled out in two halves of mesocarp, endocarp and seeds cradled within mandalas of indigestible skin.

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• IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.doːˈkɑrp/
• Hyphenation: en‧do‧carp
• Rhymes: -ɑrp

endocarp n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. endocarp

Borrowed from French endocarpe.

endocarp n (plural endocarpuri)

1. endocarp